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OK. Apivar contains Amitraz, and treatment is not temperature dependent according to instructions. I don't use it so someone else can comment on efficacy and rate of drop, but I would expect one should get a peak drop soon after treatment has been applied, with extended time period to catch...

I have used wool but kept finding a significant number of dead bees entangled in it, even when bagged up - they kept eating away at the bags. Tend to use Kingspan off cuts to make dummy frames now instead. just have to tape up edges so they don't burrow into them instead ;)

You don't mention which treatment was used. Usually keep the board in for longer for a count, but if you are getting 25 a day there is something very wrong there. Sounds like high varroa in the first place and ineffective treatment. If the hive were mine, I'd be vaping with OA every 5 days for...

you have been told incorrectly then :). It's another myth propagated by people who don't know any better ;). Read Murry's accounts and you will see he uses invert in Scotland to get comb drawn in the autumn feed, into November if the weathers reasonable. If the bees need feeding, they need...

Not come across any problems with the 11 lt tubs (30 lb) from F&H being stored at 5 or 6 high. Still got one stack from 2022 in pallet wrap. Others from this time used without any visible signs of any issues to contents

even cheaper if you get unwired, so no wiring cost :ROFLMAO:

The users of currently licensed QA products are not required to registered as individuals with poison act credentials. If it was licensed through the VMD for a specific function, the act is superseded by medical regulations as far as I can ascertain. WRT the cascade system, the way I read this...

This is OA powder without anything added, https://www.produits-veto.com/en/produit/varroxal-varroase-abeilles-melliferes-75-g-andermatt/?v=0b3b97fa6688 that is licensed in some of the EU (not Ireland or UK). Its expensive and using the cascade would make this even more costly. An individual...

if it there wasn't any thymol in the thin syrup in the first place, I suspect its a lot thinner, a bit fizzy and smells rather alcoholic now :LOL:

started feeding last week as the ivy came into flower. usual recycled *****. lazy editing. encourages beekeeping by calendar rather than being active in the process. WTF are the bees doing with nectar coming in?

My bees being feed on syrup are obvious not the brightest. Some still taking a gallon every 2/3 days. Do they not understand that they are no suppose to according to todays guidance:hairpull: 'unless it is exceptionally warm, it is getting too late to feed colonies with syrup; they are...

mmm. try getting the media on board with that. Cant but help thinking that the right wing press will continue with 'Asian' to appeal to their gammon readership :LOL:

General BS. Doesn't fit with honey labelling regulations to be labelled as such (as stated), but TS wont / don't do anything or the vendors misspell so claim its not under the regulation. All we can do is explain the fraud to customers

I think, (and I stress that I am not an expert in animal product legislation, just human), that it should be possible to apply for a license to use OA (without fairy dust) as a treatment for varroa through existing data (as a bibliographic application). Plenty of reported evidence and its not a...

With the suppliers being given the squeeze, and at that sort of price, its going to make it look more attractive to get a license for plain old OA

how do you define wonderful without having kept bees there ;)? really needs a couple of bee seasons at least to see if the bees agree with your assessment. I have apiary's 20-25 minutes drive from home, but I don't have Poole's tourist traffic to contended with. Go for it. Worth a try and if...

No on the approved list yet, but looks interesting https://www.vita-europe.com/beehealth/products/varroxsan-varroa-control/ 'VarroxSan is currently available in a limited number of markets while we undergo regulatory approval'

looks like a load of b@ll@cks to me. Makes unsustainable medicinal claims. avoid

Eric, You forgot 'an accommodating family' from your list :LOL: covers a multitude of activities

Really? Sounds a bit naïve to me. "I can supply for 3 months and then this other guy can give you a continuous supply for the rest of the year, but I expect you to buy my honey when I make some more'......