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    Cars hate me

    A question: Can the passenger door be opened with the key from the outside? In scrapyards in Spain you can get the complete door for less than 100 euros. Tip: look for the complete door and then decide what to break.
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    Runny honey/crystallisation

    https://www.savalnet.cl/cienciaymedicina/destacados/la-miel-poder-prevenir-las-caries-dentales.html According to the studies, the teeth will be white and shiny.
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    Breeder Queens and genetic classification

    The point is that genetic recombination occurs during the union of gametes, and in bees this is particularly high. During recombination, chromosomes fragment and rejoin, altering the allelic distribution of genes. This allelic distribution affects physical expression (phenotype).
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    New Hornet Threat: Southern Giant Hornet Arrives in Europe

    https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/siero/2024/09/02/amazon-recibe-paquetes-siero-function-planta-dos-turnos-espera-alcanzar-400-trabajadores-octubre/00031725289607781402857.htm Although it may sound conspiratorial, the town hall where the nest was located is the same one where Amazon's new...
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    New Hornet Threat: Southern Giant Hornet Arrives in Europe

    https://www.elcorreogallego.es/galicia/2024/11/16/detectan-asturias-nueva-velutina-agresiva-111734758.html Summary. Nest located in Asturias with 4 specimens of which 2 are one year older than the other 2.
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    Doff of the cap to the NBU

    As if those native vespines couldn't be as valid a food as other insects. I think you underestimate the adaptability of velutina.
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    Doff of the cap to the NBU

    https://weatherspark.com/compare/y/37691~33006/Comparison-of-the-Average-Weather-in-Torquay-and-Viveiro "Santa Maria de Ortigueira" is not the majority of Galicia either. By the way, in summer the Celtic Folk Music Festival is held and in the nearby "Viveiro" the black metal Resurrction Fest.
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    Doff of the cap to the NBU

    Regarding climate, I already showed you one day that the Galician coast (where the incidence of velutina is highest) is the same as the majority of England and Wales. The main difference is the accumulated radiation of solar energy, so the cultivation window is slightly shorter in the British...
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    Doff of the cap to the NBU

    For a few months in summer, several colleagues opened posts like "Have you seen (species group Vespidae)", I just wanted to emphasize that if the decline or delay of the velutinas in Galicia and some vespinas in the UK has a strong climatic condition then: The NBU had unexpected support and...
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    Doff of the cap to the NBU

    If the climate has a clear effect, which would have to be scientifically verified, In Galicia the incidence of velutina was lower this year, so much so that in June most of the nests were still primary and in my apiary the predatory activity was not noticed until the end of August when it...
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    Runny honey/crystallisation

    In Galicia the proverbs are curious in the sense that we turn the stipulated order upside down: About something that happens very rarely we use "De Pascua en Ramos". About something we complain about but we don't find a solution either, "Scabies gladly doesn't itch." When someone invites...
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    Runny honey/crystallisation

    This year has been atypical for velutina since they took a while to activate. In fact, despite harvesting at the beginning of July, I did not have to implement measures until the beginning of September. That means you can apply the varroa treatment and let them harvest their honey for winter for...
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    Runny honey/crystallisation

    Towards the end of the season, in the bottles at the end of the drum you may notice a diffuse line or the beginning of crystallization, but nothing like 2/3 completely differentiated phases.
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    God I love growing our own

    Drying/smoking is a well-known process in the Atlantic arc of the peninsula. In Spain there are two areas that stand out for their paprika (sweet, spicy or bittersweet), which are La Vera and Murcia. Paprika is nothing more than varieties of dried or smoked red pepper and ground very fine. In...
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    Runny honey/crystallisation

    I have only had problems with crystallization one year (the one in which I let the turnips flower in March/April) so "when the dog is dead, the rabies is over." I have not had honey left over from one year to the next without selling it, but in Galicia it is rare to see a jar of crystallized...
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    Raw honey

    At no time did I understand your comment as negative regarding my honey, I simply want to make it clear that the supposed lack of flavor must be compensated with a low price, which is more likely in adulterated honeys or industrial syrups.
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    Raw honey

    Since I have been with hives I have collected honeys with many nuances (extremely sweet, salty, bitter, sour) so I always tell my clients that each year is different and that if they are not happy with the flavor they can return the jar to me. At the moment 0 returns for this reason. I had to...
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    Raw honey

    Flavor is a subjective criterion, so I don't know how honey could be considered to have a bad taste. Furthermore, honey, being a by-product of the seasonal collection of various nectars, can contain many more nuances than an industrialized solution of sweet syrups and benzene compounds of flavor...
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    What defines a healthy colony

    Since beekeepers are not veterinarians but rather livestock farmers, I believe that healthy is not the appropriate concept. We should talk about natural viability since if we detect a disease (EFB, APVB, Nosemosis, etc.) we resort to following the health prescription prescribed by a...
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    Your streamlining tips?

    It would be as you prefer, but it can be in one perfectly since the limit on the number of hives is set by the available field. In the same apiary you can place three rows separated by more than 3 meters between them. In each row a type of exploitation. Regarding the parameters for control...
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