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Does anyone have more infomation on the felixstowe Hornet Asian hornet sightings from 2016 to 2022

i feeling rather harassed by the NBU as this year i have received thirteen 3km notices for disease on just one apiary in Arnos Grove, Enfield Middlesex Eleven for EFB ,one for AFB and one for both AFB and EFB. My hives are fine and produced 50kg of honey each but i just dont know whteher to just...

This web link was posted on our association web site forum and shows how misleading the internet is as a few of our members today have bought 3m high-quality mask to protect them from organic gas https://www.funnybugbees.com/pest-control/how-to-choose-the-right-respirator-filter-for-oxalic-acid...

when shopping I always look at honey prices just to make sure my honey is above the standard going price in a large organic shop chain in Muswell Hill London they have 250g of summer honey from a company called Black Bees Honey for £9.99 and that is equivalent to £18.15 per lb or £39.96 per kg...

there is a rumour i heard in Hertfordshire that this year several EFB lateral flow test kits had AFB LFT in them so gave negative results when the actual hives had EFB Has anyone else heard of problems with EFB Lateral flow devices or a recall of a batch of them

A new Asian hornet nest found in Shed in Jersey, who said they build nests in trees ( from twitter) http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/07/05/bee-killing-asian-hornets-set-up-home-in-the-island/#6AifEx7M8Gih8Oxv.99

The Blackberries are over two weeks earlier than last year and the Lime has just come out, at this rate Christmas will be in October

Vespa velutina the Asian Hornet at 100x.....the last thing your bee will see (Hornet courtesy of Plenty of Honey)

Oxalic Treatments are just like buses, they arrive in two's, having just approved api bioxal i have been told Oxuvar another one for trickling, authorised 3 weeks ago in October, now on the VMD list http://www.biovet.ch/en/Imkerei/oxuvar.html it appears to be a 3.5% oxalic dihydrate mixed up...

I got a call about a swarm in an orchard, so looked at it this afternoon, i took my straw basket. spray and sheet, but thought bee dont swarm this time of year, it will be a tree bumble bee or wasps best i was right bees dont often swarm this time of year, but they do in summer, this was a...

Just a Heads up that a possible AFB has been found in Hampsted North London ,and as North London has nearly 600 registered hives per 10km square plus numerous unregistered or natural beekeepers it could spread alarmingly

reports coming in of Asian Hornet in Alderney in Channel isles https://www.pestcontrolnews.com/asian-hornet-identified-first-time-alderney-channel-islands/ NBU is aware. i understand but not yet put out a press statement

our club house in barnet was broken into last night and microscopes and a new projector stolen So it you see any long arm disecting micro scopes for sale at car boot sales in the south East, they are probably ours we can replace the equipment but it is the hassle of locks, new doors and frames...

quite a diffuclt one to remove without crushing bees ( from Harringey North London)

The Brambles are flowering in parts of North London, just wondering if others have found the same, seems a very strange year

One of our swarm collectors went out this afternoon to the local High Street and caught a swarm on a bus shelter then put it into a Nuc, police taped off the area and the nuc was left to settle to be collected at dusk, every going well Just heard from the local press that a woman who is a...

A new Varroa treatment Apitraz 500 based on Amitraze is now licenced for use in the uk, it is very similar to the french Apivar(Amitraze) not to be confused with Apilife Var

just wondering what people are getting as a yield per hive on OSR, i have average 35lbs per hive and for me in outer london the OSR flow is over

ok, the rape has started in my area, (M25 North London ) about 10% yellow with 2 ft flower stems on every plant, post your OSR when flowering and the approx location, so we get an idea of timing Bees on Thursday (sunny 14c) were bringing in large amounts of pollen so with bees with brood on...

whenever i mention i am doing this or that, i get "dont do that it is too early, well London is a micro climate and as seen below in the photo, my wax exrtractor is now working and melting supers frames I expect to put comb supers on a few larger hives this weekend or next as the 14x12 colonies...