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I have only ever seen old-ish pictures of bee wearing activities and hadn't really considered any cruelty involved. What cruelty/distress arises from these activities? Anything more than the distress and cruelty they have to endure from us beeks?

I got lots of brilliant food grade tubs from a local bakery! just a few pounds so very pleased. The sqeezy bottles sound attractive though, I hadn't considered those.

Aldi stores have a pack of various straps on sale at the moment - ratchet straps, bungee cords and more in various lengths. seems good value at £7.99 a pack - if they are any good of course :)

fascinating thanks :)

well done - B and Q have a commitment to support local worthwhile causes, could be worth a visit :)

I will be very interested to see how a mating flight is described re numbers and behaviour etc - I have tried to find it here and elsewhere (mind you I am poor at finding things :)). The mechanics of the flight/mating etc is interesting - but similar to the OP we had what appeared to be a swarm...

Hope it's all going well, dancing and the cycling :)

You must be very proud - what a great undertaking :)

it says it is cedar....... no mesh floor though?

also some debate as to whether it is the month of May or the may (flower) be out/in bloom..... whatever, I still have my vest :)

I think you double click to the right of the thread title, it should become 'live' then for you to correct - I have done it a while ago after fiddling about for a while but I think that was the combo that got me in

ah yes, those damned horses eggs are a real problem in Wales!

Not offended - I neither want nor need a translation, but I still think it is inappropriate to communicate in such a way as to exclude most readers in a community forum.

manners

I applaud the use of Welsh language but it is a bit naughty to use it without translation on a forum where knowledge is supposed to be shared throughout the forum for the benefit of the community - pm would be the more polite place for exclusive chat?

sorry we can't help but we will keep our ears open for a site :)

Just off the top of my head bears are current/recent predators in Europe - they are known to be brood predators - but this is getting to be a silly specific side issue to the main topic - this is me signing off!

In terms of global evolution of the bees over millennia, not in relatively recent years eg since mankind started fiddling with bees and nature in general, then yes there would have been predator threats that bees have evolved to cope with.

No of course not, but the fact there is good anecdotal evidence that bees can often cope with this sort of relatively minor variation in technique would mean it can be classified as not serious mismanagement. As it was first offered - a tip rather than a hard and fast rule.

Surely it is impossible to say the splitting of the brood would not happen in the wild or naturally? That doesn't take into account the fact that bees and their brood and honey would be subject to predators and foragers and colonies would most likely need repair/rebuilding of their comb in all...