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One known good QC, unsealed so that you know it has potential, with a nice fat larva bathing in a rich and copious pool of royal jelly. This will curtail any fighting or casts and will give you some predictability as to time to next inspection. You will probably see no more new QC's, assuming...

That's generous! They would probably be equally cooperative knowing that you may have spared their chimneys from bee-occupation!

Don't worry - you might get American bees. Seriously, beekeeping can be challenging and I would advise plenty of preparation. Be able to recognise disease, be scrupulous in matters of apiary hygiene, learn how to manage varroa, understand bee space, prepare for what you need to know and do at...

Don't expect that the beginner's course will provide all of your answers. Have you not spent time in preparation over winter with a few good books? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It sounds to me as if they are ill. Bee faeces at the front of the hive now in the season may indicate nosema. Reference queen cell: are you sure it's viable? Depending on the state of the hive (you give few details about age of comb and number of bees) it may even be an old, resealed and...

I wonder.... I too can deliver a package to you - but it won't be bees! Perhaps they misunderstood what may have seemed to have been a generic question and just assumed that you wanted a Nuc (because they can't deliver package bees). Was it clear that you were talking of a package of bees and...

My (our) bee attire is made by the people at Falmouth. Cannot fault them for durability and comfort, even throughout a 20 hive weekend inspection routine in mid summer. I prefer jacket and veil only but have full suit too. I have tried others but realised that intensive use quickly reveals...

Yes. Other respondees may not have been so considerate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is anybody going to consider the traits and needs of their bees? Hive type must surely be selected according to the seasonal needs of bees and relative suitability of hives, not the whims and fancies of the beekeeper. A colony will attempt to swarm, assuming even that it is perfectly matched to...

True. But we are also capable of much, much more. Indeed. A neuron is a cell that transmits messages upon electrical or chemical excitation. On its own, it does not exhibit intelligence. Bees need not respond. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You have enriched a day that has otherwise been filled with tedium! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Surely, instinct and conditioned behavioural responses to genetically 'programmed' inputs (stimuli) developed over many millennia (evolution) provides a better foundation for discussion than the anthropomorphic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Co-dependence does not equate to intelligence. I really don't believe that a bee is capable of 'thought'. Substitute 'decisions' for 'responses' and the argument becomes more meaningful. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

They are insects. They do not reason, they respond to various stimuli. To attribute this conditioned behaviour with intelligence is absurd. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Oh come on.... Where can you go these days without paying for the experience? Cinema, summer fete, flower show, exhibitions, to name but a few! Six quid a day? If the experience is all about bargain trade prices, save your cash and buy from the on line sales. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It could. But I would be very surprised if it did. Reality check. 3 days of bee chat, some very interesting lectures and events, not a bad venue and some discounted stuff as a bonus. £18 entry equates to £2 more per day entry than BeeTradeEx. I'll be going, as indeed will many thousands of...

Calibration is just that and requires a known good standard - otherwise, what's the point? Calibration oil and a block is the preferred method. Bear in mind too that single-point calibration is good for that specific value only but this is unlikely to be a problem in the very narrow band of...

Now, if it were Carlsberg, we could probably have the best pollinators in the world. Somebody had to say it... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And... double check for asbestos - worth mentioning twice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk