for those interested in chemical free varroa control see attached website.
The course is being run by south east livestock and i believe west point vets r running it on 2 diff dates and 3 diff locations (see training bit)
www.livestockhealthsoutheast.org.uk.
We caught a swarm last thursday and hived it around 8pm into a 14x12 hive. This was the first time we had done this and not everything went according to plan but in the end we were happy that they were all in the hive.
We checked the hive Friday morning and all seemed ok with lots of workers...