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"Fully furnished" meaning regardless of size, you had full capacity of FoFs? What about drawn frames? They are also fine? Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk

8 out of 9 in West London are good. 3 gangbusters, 4 will need feeding, 1 will probably unite. The lost one was a weak nuc with a suspect Q from mid summer split. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk

Here in the smoke one of the silver linings of this virus business is the birdsong. Less ambient noise for sure, certainly your awareness is better tuned, but you wonder how much the birds are celebrating reduced human activity. PS You can retweet this. Sent from my SM-G986B using Tapatalk

I have a couple of three frames with heavy mould (but not black) from over winter storage. I'm inspecting today and pretty sure will be adding supers to some of the hives. Is it Ok to add these for clean up on strong hives now? Or better to give them clean drawn frames for now, early spring, and...

As always, thanks all

Hi all First a hello to all mentors, old and young alike, board-friends and fellow apiarists...a happy spring to you all...Ive been reading posts but been quiet. Its sounds for the most part as most members are well... Wishing everyone non-hugs-and-elbow-bumps in the current madness... I have...

I wondered what some of the board's learned think of Paul Stamets' MycoHoney concept? First- This post refers to research activity from 2014. I searched on the Forum and could not find any activity about the following subjects. Second, our hero Stamets is a bit of an "out there" thinker and...

Great idea. Could you share a pic? Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Cheers..great reply! Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

PS Learning...which is why it is in the beginners section. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

This is, ultimately, a pointless thread. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Ok...will ease up on strips use. Someone should launch a sticky about this. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Ive had little flow here in West London for 6 weeks...only managed total 3 supers across 8 hives which is really poor (Early June harvest was 8 supers). HB is going crazy at the Syon House apiary now though, every 2nd bee is a white bee. The gardeners have said they are going to let it flourish...

I have a medium strength single brood which had a couple of frames of brood but no discernible new eggs and larvae activity that I inspected yesterday. I added two MAQSs strips as I have done on all my hives. Today saw heavy losses / dead bees on landing board. Opened up and bee clusters were...

Over here in California and visited a bee farm. They confirm the losses here have been been down to varroa. My friend pointed me to recent discoveries / research that varroa are feeding on fat and not blood... https://entomologytoday.org/2019/02/21/inside-look-how-varroa-mite-diet-discovered/...

Had a mesh cover no crown board and roof. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

I'd this sort of thing if the move is like 50 to 200 feet. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

If you freeze MAQS strips will they last at least a year d'ya think? Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk

Sure. As above but only other thing of note is that one hive I left in 2 days had significant losses due to suffication. I had a floor full of desd bees. Two hives were kept in one day and one night but I saw no difference to the one i kept in 10 hours over the day. So this is the mode I will...

Ummm....this is the...um... daily mail. Perhaps it..um....should be...ignored. Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk