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I hope you won't consider this as sniping, but the problem is that different ways of doing things don't get the same result. And often we don't have the necessary knowledge to know why.

Depends when the lavender is cut. I wouldn't put more than 2 hives even if it's not cut. And then it depends whether it's traditional lavender or one of the cloned "lavendin" which yield more but don't give such a good honey. Even when my house was surrounded by lavender fields I was grateful...

For me, the idea is not to develop varroa resistant bees, but to encourage an evolution where bees and varroa can co exist. We can never get rid of varroa. Can we go on treating forever ?

Bees leave a bit of wax, like a small swelling, at the entrance to the cell after the egg is laid. Later they use this for capping the cell. If there's not enough they take some wax from nearby to use. Perhaps they do the same to cap a queen cell? When damage is small or there are cracks in comb...

I agree that treatment free must be very carefully planned and certainly not doing nothing. Do bees not rob healthy colonies? My bees are well adapted to their situation. Right now they have chased off the drones, and are going into winter preparation. An itinerant beekeeper had put his...

I was referring to robbing and drifting but type very slowly.

Which raises the question for this and some other problems. Do we overpopulate our apiaries?

From January onwards I go through mine about once a fortnight and rub the eyes off. Only thing that I know of apart from powdering with chemicals.:eek:

Down here in the mountains excellent crop in spite of dryness. For large size i put in Spunta.

Try looking for the trade names candimiel or apifonda. As a last resort you have www.ickowicz.com They deliver, but postage may be expensive.

Obliged to choose, I would go for morning sun. Warming up the hive, catching the first rays of sunlight will get the bees out earlier in most (though not all) colonies. What point being out earlier?Have a read of this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10892913.

Warré's book. Page 99

Lime constitutes my main flow- I have over 100 lime trees within a mile radius of my hives. The poisonous limes are tilia oliveri;t.euchora;t.tomentosa;and t.dasystila, though I believe(without being certain) that their toxicity applies to other bees rather than honeybees. Anyway, there are 2...

Avatar? Ah no. That's not a goat. It's Brosville after he's been at the Gaucho.:ack2:

A bucket of germinated barley will keep them in place as well.

Perhaps you could try this, with suitable modifications for a nuc. http://www.dheaf.plus.com/warrebeekeeping/national_to_warre_adapter.jpg

?? Hello Chris. Down here, last winter was worse. And most people don't know why. Whether they treated or not. I think there are far too many causes interacting to be able to say it's this or it's that. The problem with treating is that the ecosystem is played around with, and chain effects can...