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At the top of the back of the Cupkit box, there's what looks very much like a Q introduction cage. The back plug opens onto a small chamber with bee-excluder (feeding?) slots and what looks like a chamber for a candy/fondant plug, which then gives access to a hole through to the front of the...

1/ Bees won't swarm if they are "low on stores". If they had started building swarm cells and then found stores were low (possibly as a result of a flow ending or robbing starting), they would have likely torn down the cells themselves. I kinda wonder if you maybe just saw some Play Cups and...

I fear that they MiteNot actually understand the problem ...

The UK standard is the "Posca PC-3M" marker pen. They can be found on eBay for about £2.25 each (inc UK delivery). Likely not much different throughout Europe. (There's French writing on the pen, though they come from Japan...) UK bee shops sell them for at least double that. They come in...

That is the problem. The "seed" is there to deliver 'starter' crystals of an appropriately small size. Those crystals set off the crystallisation of the rest. So you don't want them re-dissolved ... You need to - warm the bulk honey to make it completely runny. 40C should be enough. A bit...

:iagree: MAQS is not a direct alternative to Apiguard. It is best not used at "Apiguard time". It is possible to use it earlier, with honey on the hive, because it leaves no taint or residue. I'd happily use MAQS again for mid-season firefighting, but not after taking the crop.

Ummm. My understanding was that traps should be set MUCH earlier than that, so as to nab Asian Hornets before they can successfully establish their primary nest. And that much more 'discriminating' traps can be obtained. "Karol" on this forum is very strong on the idea that one very...

Last I heard there were still places available for next Saturday's (the 25th) class. This the last 'practical' class this year. Now NO need to have passed the Basic, but not really suitable for absolute beginners. Worth a punt at this point if you are interested but outside Kent.

I'm not sure many would immediately read that comment as being a reference to wartime priority use of timber for making military aircraft ...

I reckon that folk would be better to realise the LACK of standardisation in the "Langstroth world" before buying into the idea of "the world's most popular hive". Different names can be given to the same thing, and the same name can be used for very different (incompatible) frame depths -...

Treatment ideas have evolved considerably since varroa first appeared here. Don't stick to a single 'bible' and always check the revision date! The best practice is to have an "Integrated Pest Management System". But all that IPM really means is treating when necessary, with an appropriate...

I think someone may be missing the point that the OP's question related to marketing of adulterated honey in India, not the UK.

QX is used to keep Q out of your crop, so she can't lay brood there. If its your crop, take it before treatment. As stated, if its winter stores for the bees, at some point that QX is going to have to come out ...

No! The bees maintain the temperature of the brood at about 34C. They do not heat the hive, as such. The ApilifeVar instructions specifically instruct you not to put the product in the middle of the brood box, or close to the brood --- ie where the temperature should be lower than the brood...

Welcome to the forum. Varroa is something that you'll need to do some learning on. The UK official advice is a pretty good primer, though they can't officially endorse non-approved treatments, even if they are effective (like Oxalic Acid). It (and other useful documents) can be found via the...

"Private Enterprise" in India is notoriously not very well 'policed'. In the UK, there are laws that provide technical specifications that a product must meet in order to be sold as 'honey'. Selling something, and calling it 'honey' if it doesn't meet the specifications can get you into...

It kills varroa outside brood cells. Which is why the treatment is not instant. It needs to be maintained through a couple of brood cycles. Its as well tolerated by the bees as other thymol-based treatments. However it does taint any honey left on the hive (though the bees don't seem to...

National Honey Show new website is now up and running. https://www.honeyshow.co.uk

Two quite different things. Shutting all the bees in to make them cohere into a new colony. (Ideally 3 days in a cool dark place.) And closing the QX on the entrance to keep Q (but not workers) inside. For open mating (rather than II), I cannot see any point in closing the QX at the...

Q rearing class today with Terry Clare & Bob Smith. Terry shuts the front QX until 3 days after emergence (ie until Q is sexually mature) and I didn't get a proper explanation of why he thinks it necessary. Bob claims he has never shut the front QX. Me, I've not seen any point in closing it...