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Back in Lidl next Sunday...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-60926583

Following an Android update on my 'phone, Beetight will not open. I have tried reinstalling and am getting a message that there is a bug that means it will not work with the lastest update. The 'Contact' link on the web version is dead. Anyone else having these issues?

Any news from or of Podilia? I see that he has not posted for a couple of weeks. He is located in Vinnytsia Oblast, which as far as I can see has not been reached by Russian forces yet. And any news from any other forum members in Ukraine?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-59865342

Stuck for an idea for a Christmas present? Why not randomly give someone a WBC hive and then a nuc of bees in the spring! That was the recommendation on Gardeners' Question Time: Gardeners' Question Time - GQT at Home: Orchid Hunting and Clay Soil Planting - BBC Sounds 40.06m in, i.e. just...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-58622482

Spotted another one: https://www.somersetbeekeepers.org.uk/preparing-for-winter.html " The feed holes in the crown board should be left open, and the ventilation outlets in the roof should be freed of any blockage "

I should be interested in others' experience and comments, not least Karol's I have a small shed meant primarily for garden tools and similar, but inevitably it has ended up as overflow storage for ekes, clearer boards, crown boards, etcetera, etcetera. Over the last couple of weeks the wasps...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/24/this-only-saves-honeybees-the-trouble-with-britains-beekeeping-boom-aoe Discuss...

A very competent chippy mate of mine expressed an interest in beekeeping, preferably of the 'natural' kind. He therefore knocked together a very sturdy Warré hive and asked me to try it out. A few weeks a go I dropped a small swarm in there. Unfortunately his elegant dominoed mitre joints...

Some good news, at last:

As across the rest of the UK, OSR planting has been in decline around here. This year I noted that a local farmer had planted something new in his former OSR fields, and as the new crop emerged it became apparent he was going for field beans. As they struggled through May, here and there I saw...

The current entry in Wikipedia about propolis (Propolis - Wikipedia) has the following: "However, 20th-century research revealed that bees not only survive, but also thrive, with increased ventilation during the winter months throughout most temperate regions of the world.[citation needed]"

Having mislaid my white pen I went looking on Fleabay for a replacement and found this, only £2.50 including postage from China: It raises several questions: Do the manufacturers employ people with very small hands? Do they try out their products on very big bees? Do Chinese giant bees not...

The Zoom talks our BKA organise seem to be well attended, so we are always on the lookout for more, worthwhile speakers. Vita Bee Health are offering to provide free talks: Looking for a Zoom speaker? | Vita Bee Health Does anybody have any experience of these? Are they just an opportunity for...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56095222 Karol. Do you not have a distributor in New Zealand?

Duffy, C., Sorolla, A., Wang, E. et al. Honeybee venom and melittin suppress growth factor receptor activation in HER2-enriched and triple-negative breast cancer. npj Precis. Onc. 4, 24 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41698-020-00129-0

This picture appeared in a newspaper this morning, in connection with a book review.

I see own-brand 'honey' is back on the shelves. There was a good article by Wendell Steavenson in the FT yesterday: 'Ninety per cent of honey in Britain is imported and, according to Interpol, roughly a third of all honey sold in the world has been adulterated one way or another. Bees can be...