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Some interesting evidence and discussion in this paper, for those that have not seen it - can be accessed here, and PDF attached Identifying the climatic drivers of honey bee disease in England and Wales - Scientific Reports. Rob

- bees and pollinators love it when it flowers, and afterwards you can use the dry fruit it to comb the knap on your snooker table - as was traditionally done.

it's teasel

Just updating this post on the former DLQ nuc. It seems to have worked. Nuc was bursting (not with drones!), so moved into an 8 frame 'nucleus' (paynes polynuc with feeder removed). Perhaps an alternative to a 'shake-out', as nothing to lose really if you happen to have a spare Q-cell?

which is the distance between the wheels of a Roman two horse chariot

Whilst I agree with madasfish's general conclusions about rationality, the logic argument becomes more interesting when you consider what the units actually represent. For example a yard was originally defined as the length of pendulum needed to deliver a 1 second 'tick' at sea level on the...

Some interesting, and worrying research included here, incl honey bee disease spillover into native arthropod populations (scroll down to the papers). Apologies, for some reason not appearing as a link, so may need to copy and paste into browser...

A few ivy flowers just breaking bud here (Rutland)

Extracted all honey last weekend; best ever year despite no OSR. Visited out apiary this pm to check ex-DLQ nuc, where I took out all drone cells and introduced Q cell from elsewhere (couldn't find DLQ queen but no fresh eggs so i thought safe to try) now has eggs, so fingers crossed. Elsewhere...

Good question; I was worried that a nuc full of drones would be too much for a small colony of workers to support, but maybe I was worrying too much? (I should add that I have other hives in the vicinity, with plenty of drones about.)

I have a DLQ in a nucleus - from a swarm. I've tried but can't find the Q (and as far as I could see only single eggs which I think rules out DLW?). Rather than shake them out last week I forked out all the drone brood, and put in a frame of eggs and brood from another nucleus (with a good Q)...

HI Polyhive - did you get an answer to this at all? I've had a look at mine and no obvious external cause.

That's not the cause of my clicking; it's a mechanical click, not a tap as the drum rotates and it remained after a reload of frames. Do let me know if you get a reply please Polyhive.

I've noticed the same issue with mine, which I've had for a year. It seemed to get worse as I extracted this years spring crop. I don't have an answer, but am planning to get the screwdriver out to have a look before I use it again.

My partner is a potter; she has made these to turn your (and mine!) honey into gifts, Christmas or otherwise. They are ceramic, and of course can double up as Xmas tree decorations. The smaller is 5.5 cm diameter and the larger 7 cm. Please PM me if interested. The honey comb impression is...

Yes; Hemp agrimony (Agrimonia eupatoria)

Saw this yesterday; a bacterium that lives in the gut of bees has been modified to attack varroa: sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/mite-destroying-gut-bacterim-might-help-save-vulernerable-noney-bees?

Palynology

Quite a lot of wild bird seed mixes, pollinator mixes or game cover crop mixes contain various brassicas and mustards; it could be tase strips alongside arable fields giving you your pollen mixture?

I used to do woodland survey work in Ceredigion. Not sure where you are, but most of the river valleys/gorges will have isolated old Small Leaved Lime trees in (Tilia cordifolia). The other lime is likely to be Tilia x Europea, the hybrid (with Large Leaved Lime, which doesn't occur in mid...