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sometime, the quicker one strays away from the original topic, the better for everyone

incomers then

But I don't recall you/him saying that it triggered a sudden colony collapse? In the past I often sprayed glyphosate around the hives and never noticed any substantial/sudden mortalities afterwards (in fact, I made a point n monitoring the easily accessible colonies). In the light of the new...

you've been told but seem to be happy to remain in ignorance, I've seen it happen more than once and have been told of others from people who have witnessed it. The OP himself has convinced himself (with no evidence) tjat they swarmed themselved to a standstill, but I think that is more based on...

OK, you're the expert on varroa I suppose

no he didn't

not many who said they'd seen that? no, the colony just dwindles, the mortuary bees carry on clearing out until there's to few bees to function normally.

no, he's saying that every frame was full when he inspected the original single colony before 'splitting' Another case of the obsession with many for insisting you must have two colonies going into winter in the first year, even though common sense should tell them that one strong colony going...

after splitting in July?

haven't done any of the BBKA 'qualifications' then?

picked some alpine strawberries yesterday, and there's still quite a few left waiting to turn colour

:iagree: foulbrood doesn't affect a colony like that anyway, but there are obvious signs of varoosis. Vaping every seven days is too far apart and hardly going to put a dent into a colony if it is already under a heavy mite burden - what was the colony's history throughout the year?

the face of the girl behind the counter turned from puzzlement to verging on tears, I then realised what I said so switched to the good old english default of waving my arms around and speaking very loudly in sais

but there will come a time when you may not have that luxury

I was - it's why I and a few others gave it up, I hate chanting by rote, even fast approaching my fifty eighth birthday the times tables gets me into a blue funk - one of that group went on to be a language teacher, and another did carry on with a few other languages (German definitely) but...

it's was all greek to me. Although I must say I did rather enjoy my one year of Latin with Noeleen Adams God rest her, in school around 1980

why should have to pay for then at all? they have enough 'private wealth' to fund themselves, carlo even had the audacity to demand the taxpayer pay for burying the queen, one of the richest people in the UK. Phil the greek came to this country with nothing but an overcoat and overactive libido...

gin to relieve the boredom of exile, and tonic to fight malaria

Last night's 'Children in need' raised a wopping 39 million, which is 'rather uplifting' Carlo's payrise this year was a paltry 45 million

so if we follow Austria's lead - the best thing for the country would be to abolish the saxe coburg gotha mountbattens and all their hangers on