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or, if you are feeling the need for something more decorative... https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/woodland-trust-decorative-bee-skep

But then what do you do with it when you treat shortly; an issue for me as I run big colonies on a single national BB, and always worry that cramming them down pre treatment is not the best thing to do. I mostly use Apilife Var, and it seems it doesn't taint wax, just honey so in theory you can...

There are, and someone who studies them is a batologist.

SBI visit earlier this week (sentinel apiary); clean bill of health, aside from a couple of sac brood. Learned a lot, as ever from the visit and good to get an external perspective on my bees. Annoyingly though, knowing that I would be going through the hives I didn't bother to inspect the...

https://plantatlas.brc.ac.uk/plant/inula-helenium

Apologies; just seen the Q- since April thread, where this would be better placed.

I have a Q- colony, and despite my best efforts it still appears Q-. It had a Q coming out of winter, but has not had one for the last 7 wks. I have moved a Q into with two frames of brood from another colony making swarm preps; moved a further frame of eggs but still no Q. Q cells were made...

Extracted yesterday; OSR starting to set in frames here.

Yes, starting to wonder if drifting bees are bringing eggs with them...

Well, not sure about a second 'swamy' round, but having a bit of a 'mare so far this year. Can't really work out what is happening, save that the bees are not reading the books. Eg Colony A making Q cells, so removed Q to queenless hive last week, and knocked back all but 1 Q cell. Colony A...

Thanks - see attached if you are interested in looking further at the plant side of things Crop Wild Relatives: Plant conservation for food security - NERR037

I agree with all of this; I'd just be a little wary of saying or implying that (wild) honeybees don't need conservation efforts as they are not endangered due to beekeeping. I am not here intending to open up another AMM type thread, but in many other species domestication and selective...

No, I don't think it is. The Curate's egg was all bad; the Curate just said it was good in parts to avoid upsetting his host!

Thanks, guess it's a faulty QX then (or a few!). I over winter with a super underneath, so I guess a chance a few eggs could have been laid before I swapped them back. Ref too early for Qxs - maybe, but I have a couple of supers being filled (OSR flowering around me), and as I use drone brood...

Each year I have a couple of hives with brood in supers this time of year, above the QX. Obviously the first port of call is a faulty QX, but it seems to happen with different QXs. I was wondering if, in the winter queens slim down a bit and can get through, a bit like virgin Qs can? I should...

Checked out-apiary yesterday; nucs fine. Of full colonies one dead (was okay 2 wks ago). Plenty of food, but dead bees and brood only on three frames; chilled? Was a late swarm last year. Another queenless, but some brood, two QCs and drones present, so left them to it. Other two seem fine...

Sorry - that was the link to the blog; the paper is within it Are honey bees (apis mellifera L.) native to the British Isles? : Sussex Research Online

Apiarist - this may be the paper you are looking for ? Are honey bees native to Britain? And does it matter?

Almost certainly Harlequin ladybirds; a recent colonist and first recorded in Norfolk in 2004. https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-in-norfolk/species-explorer/terrestrial-invertebrates/harlequin-ladybird