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Logic suggests that your 2008 jar is not dandelion honey?

A lot of washboarding going on.

I have heard that colonies may abscond if disturbed too much. I did notice the queen's wings, but was not sure if it was the camera angle or not. Her tattered wings suggest that she has been balled at some stage maybe an escapee from a direct queen introduction, who has set up a new home in...

I cannot say that I have ever noticed dead bees as a direct result of trickling. Mine started clearing out the dead long before trickling. Presumably due to premature ageing of winter bees from late brood rearing in the very mild autumn we have had.

Too hot?

Same here and I usually have pollen coming in around Christmas. Maybe not enough sunshine.

And you most certainly should not be a "moderator" definition of which is an arbitrator or mediator. But that is the UK way isn't it the school bully being made prefect.

Thanks for sharing this as Braula is before my time as a beek and something we don't see in this country any more following varroa treatments. Text books state that Braula only becomes a problem in weakened colonies and yours certainly is. However, swarming including many cast swarms will...

This is a problem experienced in the US as they found the efficacy of vaping unsatisfactory when the bees were tightly clustered. Makes sense to me when you consider how a swarm can survive in the rain as it runs off the bees in the outer shell. I don't vape at all as you well know, but it...

... or the bees are tightly clustered.

Well, we are on the same page then.

I am afraid not. Lots of butts in the air. Maybe they don't know where the queen is either?

Bees busy flying lunchtime. OAed last two hives. Had good drops so far.

You do know that overcrowding is the main reason for swarming?

Apparently, beekeepers in the US found vaporizing unsatisfactory when the bees were tightly clustered. The vapour is not pressurised and therefore does not penetrate the cluster effectively enough. So that may be the issue. I have got a couple of hives with the brood nest to one side facing...

I try as much as possible to avoid anything Chinese usually very poor quality. Was the Thornes vaporizer made in China perhaps?

I do not believe the consumer should have to provide the evidence of any claims made by a seller - caveat emptor. If you make claims you should provide the evidence to substantiate those claims otherwise it is misrepresentation. If you want to shout on the forum that you have/sell Amm then...

No. Do you? I would like to see the proof.

You should provide the proof to substantiate your claims not sell counterfeit goods.

You cannot make unsubstantiated claims to sell Amm without DNA analysis. Looking at phenotype is not evidence.