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Thanks everyone for a treasure trove of advice. The apiguard is on without any syrup. Wouldn't it be nice to know for certain what the weather would do for the next few weeks. Never mind. Tricia

I'm in my 4th year of beekeeping. I seem to remember I usually do the apiguard treatment and then the autumn feeding. Not sure whether that was because the queen in my first colony reacted so badly to apiguard (stopped laying entirely) that I couldn't bear to let them have it in the syrup or...

Loads more bumbles and butterflies - huge range of types even within close proximity. I see honeybees more at water sources than on plants at the mo. Fewer wasps so far thankfully. I'm in Buckinghamshire.

I am about to clean up some frames removed from the hive. Some of the drawn foundation is quite nice and yellow some rather dark. Is it worth doing anything with this? Either to swap or possibly make into candles? Advice gladly accepted from more experienced beeks. I did search the logs but...

I'm really late saying welcome - but you are close to me. I expect you have joined HWBKA? I'm just hoping this year will prove better than last - with that wonderful hindsight you chose a strange year to start. Have your bees survived the winter? I also have bees at the bottom of my garden...

Thanks - I'll look up this recipe. Though yoghourt has cows milk I think the process kills the caseinate which is the bit I am allergic to so I should be able to tolerate this Tricia

We had them in the house I was born in - and I lived there for many years. My aunt still lives next door having lived in the same house for almost 70 years. Even as a young child (from age about 3 yrs) I loved this tree because of the wonderful autumn colours - almost looks like it is on fire...

But as I understand it, scorching is by definition superficial. Some spores etc can then be missed as they can be hidden in awkward places (that is why the runners need to be removed, for example). I also understand that some research about reappearance of problems such as EFB has found that...

No one else has commented yet so I'll pass the virtual vodka and say it sounds to me as though you have it all sussed even if it hasn't had the best outcome.

Not sure whether this would be better in a new thread - however, after all the comments about effectiveness of cleaning both polystyrene and wooden hives, I have been reading as much as I can to further comprehend the issues. I believe a wall paper strpper/steamer was mentioned as something...

I am not the most knowledgeable but as I have seen your post I'll put down what might be relevant. Firstly, the 3 mile / 3 ft rule is lost - when they swarm they need a new home and it won't matter if it is near to their old one. Secondly, depending on where you collected the swarm from -...

Sounds to me as though the associations charging £150 for a swarm are probably run by (?ex?) bankers. One of the lovely things about most associations is that they are a community who help each other so I would hate to see them being taken over in such a way those priciples were pushed to the...

As well as being near your face it is possibly near your hair? not sure whether you are male or female - but I wonder whether it could be a shampoo. I had something a little similar - I changed my shower gel to one with lavender and noticed that unusually I received a sting when I was...

Yes, I agree, shame polystyrene isn't being tested too.

I have learned a great deal from the discussion about treating equipment - and the link to the Scottish beekeepers procedures. I somehow thought that as it seemed softer, polystyrene might have small holes / nooks or crannies that would be hard to clean yet it seems I had ignored all sorts of...

I think anyone who can should ask their own bee inspector whether in their experience secrecy is the route taken. All indications we had this morning were that the open approach from the beek concerned was the exception rather than the rule.

Didn't mean to make any implications about others - just know that if the worst happens to me I shall want to feel that all chance of infection has gone. To be honest, though it sounds extravagant, I think I might even want to buy new wooden brood boxes as well. Perhaps someone who is...

A beekeeper adjacent to our apiary has mild infection of EFB. He very kindly invited us to attend when the seasonal inspector came today and I learned an awful lot. I think most beekeepers want to keep the whole thing secret - I can understand that. However, surely a positive sharing and...

Sometimes I think it can also help to video your opening of hives. I am involved in a project and 'our leader' opened the hive the other day - he was trying to make some points and as emphasis on each frame he banged the hive tool against the frame. I think his entire audience were taken aback...

Amazed to find the answer is 161 Obviously know some of them and it may include one association apiary Tricia