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I have/had a queen less hive. It has no brood at all, but has lots of polished cells, and evidence of torn down Q cells. There are plenty of stores. It was Q right when I started Aplife var, 8 weeks ago and I had not checked in the interim. The bees are calm, and my instinct is that there is...

I have a Q- colony, and despite my best efforts it still appears Q-. It had a Q coming out of winter, but has not had one for the last 7 wks. I have moved a Q into with two frames of brood from another colony making swarm preps; moved a further frame of eggs but still no Q. Q cells were made...

Each year I have a couple of hives with brood in supers this time of year, above the QX. Obviously the first port of call is a faulty QX, but it seems to happen with different QXs. I was wondering if, in the winter queens slim down a bit and can get through, a bit like virgin Qs can? I should...

Some interesting evidence and discussion in this paper, for those that have not seen it - can be accessed here, and PDF attached Identifying the climatic drivers of honey bee disease in England and Wales - Scientific Reports. Rob

Some interesting, and worrying research included here, incl honey bee disease spillover into native arthropod populations (scroll down to the papers). Apologies, for some reason not appearing as a link, so may need to copy and paste into browser...

Saw this yesterday; a bacterium that lives in the gut of bees has been modified to attack varroa: sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/mite-destroying-gut-bacterim-might-help-save-vulernerable-noney-bees?