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    What to do with dead hives

    Thanks for the advice. Looks like new foundation all round when i get to re-stocking.
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    What to do with dead hives

    Bought the OA, but didn't use it - combination of bad weather and reservations about using it. Learnt my lesson for this coming year, varroa control top priority.
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    What to do with dead hives

    So far 3 out of six hives lost, small colony in at least one more, reading the forum seems like a common story. No obvious nosema, but two of the dead hives had, prior to apiguard treatment, very high varroa infestation last year and signs of dwv. Should i remove all comb and sterilise hive...
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    Bees Bite as well as Sting

    Interesting research paper on the ability of bees to bite pests they cant sting (wax moth/varroa), injecting them with an anaesthetic to paralyse them for minutes. Dont have enough post to include a link, but its on the vita-europe.com website under "secrets-of-the-honeybee-bite-revealed"
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    Forager/Nurse bees epigenetics

    Thanks for the reply, but my question wasn't about foragers orienting or returning to the hive. It was about how, in a natural swarm, the bees that leave have the ability to make wax. We are told that the glands are switched on in bees at certain points, i.e. by day five they can secrete brood...
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    Forager/Nurse bees epigenetics

    Tried to upload link myself this morning but wouldn't allow me to do it. I am wondering how this relates to activity during swarming. We are told in the text books that a swarm is made up of foraging bees, i.e. older bees. Younger bees act a nurse bees, wax makers etc until the point at which...
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    the symbol of manchester?

    The Bee symbol is also used on arms of Manchester Local Brewers, Boddingtons. Long history of bees as a symbol of industry and enterprise. Used a lot in the early years of the founding of the modern states in America, with the new states adopting bees/hives on their crests. George Washington...
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    Overwintering on Double Brood

    Thanks for the quick replies. The "tall thin brood nest" issue was a problem outlined to me by a very experienced local keeper ( over 50 years). His view was that, during winter, if the cluster moved to one side to get the stores then they wouldn't move back across empty frames to get at the...
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    Overwintering on Double Brood

    In my third year. Opted to double brood (Nationals) all my hives to minimise swarming (Demaree). Not 100% successful, but worth a go. Jury still out on DBL Brood as a way forward. A couple of hives very strong and laying extensively in both boxes and the honey crop from those is likely to be...
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    What is your 'buzz' about keeping bees?

    All of the above. For me increasingly the science/biology/social structure aspect. Wish I had the time to delve deeper into that. A foray into queen raising is on the agenda for next year. Agree with you about needing to ignore the politics! But yes, generally, friendly and happy to help and...
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    How many apiaries in your neck of the woods?

    Just looked. 119 within 10k of my Central Liverpool hives !!! 100 within 10k of the suburban/Allotment apiaries. Can probably place 10/12. Didn't realise it was so popular around here.
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    London Office Hive - could this work?

    My brother an I (newby beekeepers) have two hives on the roof of an old primary school in Liverpool (not far from the World Museum mentioned by Flatters). Its a community bldg and the roof is a wildflower garden which the users have access to. We've had no problems at all - in fact people are...
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