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Hello! Winter is over here. There were a few warm days even in February but now the weather is very good. Warm air from the Mediterranian has brought 24-26 C, that's very unusual for this time. Forecast promised this for 4 days and then return to more "natural" conditions near 15 C. All my...

How? :unsure: Don't know about China, but here the best price is 1.07 Є/kg, if you have at least 1 ton (2205 lb). The buyers take samples and control the product according to the EU standarts. They say the analysis is very expensive. If you have some problems such as high water percentage...

I was riding bicycle when a policeman stopped me for "a minute". He said my face is familiar for him. I said I often ride here because I have an apiary there. He said he had to inspect my backpack for "suspicious substances, objects, or guns". I had an empty bottle and a notebook. I said I was...

Last year Britan was at the first place in the rating of false honey imported to the EU. That honey was bought in China by the EU companies. For some unclear for me reason they used Britain in the scheme of import.

Usually it's a time for winter preparation. But the weather is far from normal for September. Some days the temperature reached 28 degrees. The bees (and wasps) are active, but they hardly can find something in the fields so robbing small colonies is an option. Got three colonies, completely...

I like it with cream, jam, honey, cheese. Don't have the idea how to eat all those products otherways. That word is obviously originated from the common basis which means "to bake".

double bliss with this: How do you call it in Croatian language? (just interesting for linguistic comparison)

Away from bad things. Nice weather persists. Too hot at daytime but in the morning is peleasant. Two days ago there was 37 degrees, I think this is the record temperature for several years. 6 a.m.

There are two syrens nearby. When the wind blows from that direction they howl like hell, as if it's in the backyard. But at that night one of them didn't work and another one was not so "hellish". I don't know why. People install special applications on their devices. I don't have it, I use...

Last night was surprising. I did not hear the alarm, but somehow get up when the air defence started shooting. Night air was clear. There were drones, you know, those Iranian type called Shakhed, we call then "moped" because they have 2t engine and their sound is the same. But it was the first...

It also depends on the time and natural conditions. Sometimes they don't pay attention and you can do whatever you want. I watched a video how a commercial beekeeper worked with many hives. He took the supers with bees and put them aside. When he completed that work, the first supers were...

It's wonderful how they are playin with this covid agenda. I don't deny the danger of covid for some people but it seems to mee it's not so black. For example, here it's not the matter any more. Nobody cares whether you are vaccinated, have boosters or not. Nobody is monitoring new cases. (I...

I also try something unusual. I've started from a citrus tree. Initially that tree, the unknown wild variety from a seed, was in a 30 litres plastic barrel. The barell began to fall into pieces after several seasons when I moved it to the backyard in spring and back into the house in autumn. I...

I see banana trees? Really?

Sorry, was very busy. Extracted honey. Oxalic acid is not so popular, because, in my opinion beekeeprs here are not so obsessed with organic approach. OA is effective but in a short period of time. Now colonies have brood and less bees than before the main harvest. The population of mites are...

I don't know exactly. Never take it into account. As far as I can see my biggest problem is pesticides. The outbreak that I described, stopped as suddenly as it started. All my dead bees are hairy workers, some of them with pollen. I've read our forum, of course people write about "black bees"...

Read your thread about CBPV. It's a terrible thing. I never saw it. In my case the bees were not trempling rather writhing (not sure I know the proper English word for this) When I had a few hives but wanted more honey my bees often starved. I didn't understand that many flowers around are not...

Interesting question. I have to google what is CBPV. It doesn't look like that. Wiki describes three types: A Type I infected bee presents with a bloated abdomen due to a fluid-filled honey sac and weak or trembling wings. Type I infected honey bees tend to crawl on the ground or cluster near...

My cousin in London says the cool weather there is more comfortable for her. 30 degrees is already hard when you're outside. Today is cooler, 24 in the morning, 28 in the afternoon. The heat wave is moving to the south east. In the couple of days will be the new one. They cope, but seems 33 and...

The heat wave from the Southern Europe has reached us yesterday. Although it's not so intense, only 30-33°C in shadow, this is usual for this time. In June we've had enough rains mainly at night, so the conditions are perfect for the main nectar flow. Unfortunately have the problem with...