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I used to be able to incubate queen cells in roller cages in my egg incubator without apparent problems and thought I did it at 36.5 degree C. Queens emerged fine and lively and seemed ok for 24 hours left in cages. This year, read temp should be 34.5 degree C, queens emerging but seem less...

This is reportedly what he said so may not be what he actually said.

I have previously treated hives after removal of honey supers by 3 applications of sublimated Oxalic Acid in its licensed version at 5 day intervals in late summer as described on this forum on a previous sticky link I can no longer find. Is this still thought to be effective? Recent paper this...

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2021 No. 420 BEE DISEASES, ENGLAND The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 Made 29th March 2021 Laid before Parliament 30th March 2021 Coming into force 21st April 2021 The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers...

The Bee Diseases and Pests Control (England) (Amendment) Order 2021

This may have been done to death and pencil & paper maybe king but is there any new beekeeping inspection software out there? None I have tried has suited as just seem to be graphical interface for spreadsheet type data. I have mostly stopped using them as they seem unable to cope with basic...

The 82-4-AG will take 4 brood frames or 8 super frames. I can confirm it will fit 2 super frames per tangential swing cage. I looked at 63-4-AG and both Konigin and Thornes confirmed would only fit 1 super frame per swing cage.

Inspecting over weekend, I have become aware of high winter losses between 5 beekeepers, with either dead or queenless colonies at around 2 out of 3 here in West Sussex. Is this representative?

Is this the 63-4-AG model. If so Thornes describe it as only taking 4 super frames. Interested to know as looking to buy.

I have been looking for a garden wheelbarrow with flat bottom of sufficient size that will also accommodate the 460mm square base of a national hive. Can anyone recommend a manufacture/style? I have had a few odd looks as I wander around garden centres with crown board vainly trying to find a...

A number of companies now have hives based on and around their premises as part of their environmentally friendly policies and presume they employ beekeepers to manage those hives. Has anyone any experience of doing this, pitfalls and what might be the going rate per hive for a season? Clearly...

http://www.vita-europe.com/blog/chronic-bee-paralysis/ provides some support for doing shake out as I previously described. I treated a hive like this earlier in the week and will report outcome.

I have been told that shaking the bees out and allowing them to return to the old frames on the same site having found the queen and reserved her for return is the way to go. It removes the infected bees so reducing viral load.

No longer free I see

Poor Brits, troubled by fake news and now fake beekeeping.

£14.50 each, that's €6 post Brexit?

Why not sublimate oxalic acid in whatever form you are happy to use and repeat as per Hivemaker's recommendation once supers off, very cheap once bought equipment.

What I meant was when you have measured withe tape measure, could you please post dimensions?

Could you please post dimensions?

He is Professor of Entomology from Florida, lectured 2014 I believe at National Honey Show. Nice chap, sure he would be happy to debate point by email if you wanted.......