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Thanks for taking the time to give such a thorough account. Sound like a complete nightmare. Don't suppose you can outline what the original allegations allude to?

OK and what is it about? added for those not in the know. Some dispute in the BBKA but not any info appart from people making allegations of some kind. http://www.lancaster-beekeepers.org.uk/images/Nov2014.pdf

A rather tenuous argument:rolleyes:

God your funny! If SA exports to Japan then they could have aquired SHB from there.

Interesting. What about other countries which export to Europe and have SHB. Are there any? Does Japan have SHB?

Would this not also appy to other warmer countries in Europe where conditions are more favourable for establishing SHB? But it has only just got into Italy; if it was coming in often but not establishing in the UK surely it would also have established in other warmer parts of Europe much earlier?

Is that known for sure? If so, how is it known?

Could you do this with mead? Or is it too high in alcohol already?

Well maybe to the Goverment but as a chemist they are totally different processes so ...... I may just have to experiment.:spy:;)

Yes Finman. What your saying is Know your market. The Market is very competitive.

I don't think this was ever intented to be a real business. I suspect that as part of their course they had to develop a small business idea. Then talking to the folks back home they came up with this. To a University tutor, who knows nothing about beekeeping, it all looks great. But they...

I would buy a SAF radial extractor direct from Italy. Much cheaper. There was a thread about it but I cannot find it.

Interesting but so many jumps in the reasoning its hard to believe or know what to make of it. Also a guy who thinks fungi are going to save the world finds these wonderful effect of fungi. Well no surprises there then.

With a bit of weathering they will not be quite so smooth unless you keep sanding or painting it

;) How much? ;)

Sorry to hear that. Hope its not the colony that had an holiday at my place. Seems strange to be isolation starvation. We have really on had one or two cold days.

I would like to hear what you mean by acidification. :facts:

One way seems to be to import Queens and sell them for 3X the price you paid or bung them in a nuc and flog it to a enthusiastic beginner for £150-200.

I think, from its chemical composition of large organic chains, its likely to be pretty close to 0 as they repel water extremely well which would make any measurements difficult.

:iagree: Formic acid will be stable for years without significant degradation at room temp so at -20oC you are safe. The gel is polymer whose chemical interaction will quite possibly be affected by freezing/thawing. I would have stored in 4oC . I don't know if I would use them; they are...