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Not really, one is more likely to get bitten by a snake in Ireland if you are importing it into the country. I was presenting it to Dublin Zoo when there was a 'handling error'. I later found out that the Zoo does not keep poisonous snakes and so the snake was destroyed: pity as they are not...

The snakebite kit I had in Kenya, was much simpler than that, small wooden container one end unscrewed to give a blade and the other end had potassium-permanganate crystals. You cut at the bite site along the muscle (not cross) and applied the permangante. The permangante oxidised the venom and...

First off it doesn't remove the sting. That you have to do yourself as soon as you can after the bee stings. That is the first step in minimising the amount of poison going into your body. Then you use the aspivenin to suck some more of the venom form the hole made by the bee sting. It does work...

But if the hive was infected, then the board should have been covered in mites. Even if some dropped off due to bad handling there should hsve been hundreds if not thousands of them on the board. And what about hive debris: after a week.

What surprised me was the scarcity of dead mites when they examined their test board after treatment. The board went in with the treatment: bees had deformed wings so the mite load was heavy. The board was left for a week and yet they had to look for mites.

If your honey has partially granulated, then the moisture content of the liquid part will have increased. this would allow fermentation.

You want to remove the fondant so that they will eat the sugar in the patty

If it is acarine, Diane Sammatauro found that treating by using Grease patties worked: 1 part hydrogenated vegetable oil ( Crisco or similar) to 2 parts granulated sugar use 225 grams per patty placed on the brood frames. The bees have to get access to the patty for it to work.

For basic identification of pollen grains you need between X400 and X600 magnification. X1000 (oil immersion is not required except for very fine detail in the surface):ohthedrama:

If you are sure that it was nosema that was the cause of death, then there is no need to boil frames and scorch hive bodies. Fumigation for a fortnight with 80% Acetic acid will destroy nosema spores. Ruary

Any one going to the Ulster Beekeepers do in Greenmount next month??

The Smith uses the same size of frame as the National, but the lugs are shorter. It a simple hive to make. It is used in Ireland and is very popular in Scotland.

This will not focus the condenser: the procedure is to focus on the slide using the coarse focus and the X4 objective. Then remove the slide, hold a needle onto the light source don't touch the objective focus knob but move the the condenser until the needle is sharp. Then remove the eyepiece...

a a foreigner I do not think that my views should be represented to the BBKA. I have no voting rights. I just support the parent Association.

I get a copy as an individual member

Perhaps some people prefer to read things on paper: myself for one

It is well suited for that purpose. You could also look at AFB spores and EFB bacteria if you were licenced to so do.

:iagree: Ruary

I can't remember, I know that I checked the diameter of the field of view and so came up with the ratio of 16 times.

Yes, would be better if light source was electric, but a person with good mechanical ability could adapt that.