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From the same place as Covid -19?:calmdown:

On the subject of "charts" over 100 years old..... Majority of beekeepers that were not well heeled aristocracy, Doctors or Clergy, were the poor men waiting at the rich mans gate, and due to their poverty kept their bees in skeps as was the method of the cottager of those days. Skeppists bred...

Probably ( with the possible exception of B.C) because they had limited experience of pure native bees and or had only experienced the French Amm and or the same possibly French derivatives now being sold as Irish Amm.... If they were depending on wing morphometry to distinguish the race...

Bees around this neck of the woods seem to like the size of a standard National... placed on the intersection of a few leylines of course! ( Trust that will not invoke the 48 hour naughty step penalty clause!!) Chons da

Quite so... very bad form indeed IMOHP!:calmdown: Some selling for ridiculously low amounts Beginners need all the help they can get in their first year of keeping bees... Taking on a nuc of uncertain origins... nurturing and feeding through the Winter for them to swarm ( tis in their DNA!) an...

Drone take 24 days from egg to hatch, then16 days before mature enough to mate and seem to be past it at 28 days. Get your drone supply colonies up to speed and well fed at least a week before grafting Chons da

This Covid -19 The Great Chinese Pox Pandemic has cause a major disaster for many beefarmers' up and down the country who rely on the big County shows to sell their produce.... fortunately honey keeps! Honey pickled walnuts anyone? Chons da

The Beefarmers Wife... She Who Must Be Obeyed!!:calmdown: Chons da

https://powell.ca.uky.edu/files/drone-bee-rearing-and-maintenance_002_0.pdf Stumbled upon this... short but interesting read! Chons da

Keep him as a friend. He will probably not appreciate your interfering...... slowly slowly catchee monkee!

You will have to "socially distance" unless of course the inspector is one of your "bubble":rules::laughing-smiley-014 Chons da

I had better leave it to others as I may be accused of bias ( not Brood In All Stages!!!!) And a good book review !!! Chons da

In Apideas?

We are having to put the spare OSB Rose boxes on... will need a few Mars bars to lift and carry them away once filled!! Better than last year? Chons da

Interesting article by Norman Carreck in Bee Craft July 2020 on the research on honeybee viruses etc. Chons da

Are you running out of supers too????.... Natives flat out... yellowie stripies don't seem quite so keen!!! Chons da

Should be OK One very well respected beekeeper I knew would regularly swap colonies around to balance them out.... now retired from keeping bees, but in his time a well known breeder of the Native dark Cornish honeybees. Chons da

Put more supers on at the new 25mile away apiary... filling fast but not capping it much as yet... looks to be a worthwhile site forage wise! Chons da

Do you have an open mesh floor? Bees seem to have enough room but would they benefit from brood + 1/2 ? If on solid floor ... remove any entrance block so they can ventilate efficiently.... It has been hot over the last few days. Chons da

They should do... but it is a voluntary system!