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Same subspecies but evolved differently, what is left of them, mostly European genetics from the study they did and some pockets of native Irish bees, their DNA is different to the mainland UK and European subspecies, not a lot but different, if you consider the difference in dna between a pig...

Importing foreign bees is fine it just depends on their colour. Don't hear anyone complain about AMM imports from Ireland yet the Irish Sea flooded the same time as the channel and the DNA is different mostly European due to imports. Thousands of colonies were imported from Europe into mainland...

The facts change to suit the argument. How can you reason with that? Strange how there is always efb where ever people rant about natives being so good. What did the main man say during a trip to devon and cornwall. " I haven't seen any native bees yet" upset some long standing members that now...

yes is the simple answer, they do learn behaviour.

Didn't the DNA results from Cornwall show mostly Carniolan mongrels down there?

Nice comb. isn't one of the traits of AMM raised cappings?

When you start pricing things up the insurance may seem a better option.

Queens that have been banked or caged for a long period have stopped laying. It takes them a while to get going when released, this delay and the declining brood pheromone ( if you have left them queenless for a while like some recommend :rolleyes:) leads to the bees assuming she is a dud or...

Introducing queens that have been in the postal system or banked for a while is a pain in the rear end and generally ends badly unless you know what you're doing. Another thing is what type of bee do you have? If your changing the subspecies that adds another layer of problems or it can with...

She doesn't generally mince her words and has a real low tolerance for fools. It wouldn't be practical for the RSPCA to be involved in beekeeping for many reasons. But bees are the only animal people can keep and there are no consequences for neglect or ignorance other than financial loss. Is...

I get Celia's point. She cares deeply about bees. A lot of bees are lost either through neglect or ignorance. If for instance, someone's cat, dog, horse, etc starved to death then that would raise questions. Yet thousands of bee colonies die each year, some aren't avoidable but a lot could...

Nothing, still extracting the bloody honey.

In the evening. it saves fighting at the entrance.

I use my own Osr honey it doesn't need seeding.

They know it's gonna rain before we do. Atmospheric pressure and weather has an impact on their behaviour. To us it's a thunderstorm to them it is a life threatening event. You know it's gonna rain and someone takes the roof off your house... They have 1 way of saying bugger off.

Some of that can be others using Apiguard. It is a repellant that's why it should be used on all colonies at the same time.

As i understand it the Oxalic Acid works in a few ways. Because varroa have wet mouthparts and wet sticky pads on their feet those are the two primary ways the OA kills the mites, when exposed to moisture it becomes acid and burns their feet and mouthparts. This kills the mites by either blood...

I use a brew belt around the settling tank (only 100 ltr tank). Normally gets the honey air free in 24 to 48 hours. Cold honey holds the air bubbles longer. Also if hand jarring let the honey run down the side of the jar when filling, this can reduce air bubbles. Small air bubbles can be removed...

I was told by a beefarmer it turns the heather honey black.