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Wilderness - I'm at 500 metres. Hivemake - I thought of that but I think it's too late now - everything that is dead has gone (something for next time........) I know that the guys up in York (I forget the name but it's the official bee research people MAFF I think) will do the nosema analysis...

Hi Guys, the treatments are as follows: Start of august - 2 treatments (2 x 1 week) of something like thymovol October (when there's minimal brood) - oxalic acid That's it. The queens were all working well, there was plenty of food. One of the theories over here for the funnel of bees in...

Hi, Nope - no edelweis honey, it's really rare here and usually at a high altitude and places where you have to drive a fair distance to (on crappy mountain roads). My normal food source is rape seed oil, clover, sunflower and 'forest'. Higs particles or black holes :-) Paul.

Hi all, I've been at this for a couple of years now and tried something last season - and I'm not sure if I caused my own downfall. At the end of last summer I had 9 hives - all good. I did my disease control in August (normal here) The hives were really quite strong so I took out some frames...

Hi everyone, I'm new here so wanted to stop in and say hi. My names Paul, I'm a Derby lad (who happens to live in Switzerland). I've been a bee keeper for just over three years now and have Carnolians in Dadant DB hives. My hives are kept in a nature reserve and aside from the really bad...