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Got any free time on your hands? This is a citizen science program from Zooniverse looking at pollinators. They need people to spot pollinators in images to train a neural network ( Computer) to see them on a particular plant. I think that's the gist of it!! This is to help with the following...

Someone has put the attached picture on Facebook. The "raw" caught my eye but also the fact that the product has additives. I presumed that honey should be marketed straight and not adulterated, and then I got confused. What are the rules about all of this.?I was looking at The Honey (England)...

Just a thought, learnt the hard way. When you're done for winter and don't intend to carry out any more inspections make sure you leave the lid of your smoker open. Better still take the opportunity to clean it. Come the spring, if you've left it closed, you may have difficulties in prising the...

Sorry if this has been asked before but are the hornet traps sold by a well known company killing traps or can everything captured be released live?

It is a lovely day here so I took the opportunity to switch a nadired super and put it above a queen excluder on a hive. The colony had gone into winter as a large colony and the hive was heavy enough to feel stuck down to the stand so I'd left what I thought were plenty of stores. By early...

http://thermosolarhive.com/en/homepage/ I wonder what the bees think about human attempts to control the internal temperature of the colony? Glass? Shading? Brood at top of hive? They look lovely when new though. I think I'll stick with my insulation below the roof!

The Daily Mail and the Mirror giving their informed news!!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2780440/What-Lord-Grantham-think-Downton-Abbey-runners-attacked-giant-Japanese-hornets-annual-race.html and http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/swarm-deadly-asian-giant-hornets-4371354 Lets...

In my garden, approximately 30ft from the hives, are several, perhaps 50 or more, bees crawling around on the grass. On inspection most have deformed wings or do not seem to be able to fly. The colonies are obviously not feeding any weak bees any longer than necessary. I'm assuming that the bees...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28949601 You'd have thought that the home-owner would have put up with this nest until the colony died out! :laughing-smiley-004

I am getting very envious of all these people saying they are seeing pollen and describing all the flowers that are out in their area. Here in Somerset on the northern reaches of the Mendips (that sounds so picturesque!) all the catkins have been thoroughly washed of their pollen. There are...

I am researching for a short article for a newsletter about reactions to be stings when taking medication. Illo's posting which mentions Ibuprofen has triggered this interest. I remember reading elsewhere on the forum that some other medications can cause problems. Google hasn't helped so I...

Having read the recent thread regarding bee stings I thought I would offer the following observation. Sorry it's so long! I take anti-histamine pills before approaching a hive as I react to stings with swelling and severe itching a few hours after the incident. This lasts 6 days or so. I am not...

Tomorrow at 11am, "On the trail of the American Honey Bee." Dr Adam Hart meets the migratory bee keepers of America as they travel to the annual Almond bloom in California, the largest single pollination event on Earth... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rg226

What is the forum's opinion of ivy nectar? My mentor says that now the local ivy is beginning to flower I should feed to prevent/reduce the intake of ivy nectar which may crystalize. and therefore be unavailable to the bees. I am feeding anyway as the hives are a little light so the question is...

I have aquired a number of plastic frames. I never intended to use such things but as I have them... What is the best way to clean them? Is it boiling up in washing soda or can I soak them (cold) in something not too noxious? I have spent ages Googling but must be looking for the wrong thing as...

Mendip BKA are holding a 6 week course for improvers (some knowledge of beekeeping required). Starts Friday 13th Jan 2012. Places limited to 30 people. Cost £30 Please PM me for further details. There are a few places left. Sorry this was in the 2011 courses section if you missed it!

Mendip BKA are holding a 6 week course for improvers (some knowledge of beekeeping required). Starts Friday 13th Jan. Places limited to 30 people. Cost £30 Please PM me for further details.

Sprry this is so long I have just the one hive. The queen arrived at the beginning of July and a friend gave me a couple of frames of brood and young workers. Since then Queen Agnes has been laying well and having supplied the colony with 1:1 syrup all the frames are now drawn out in the...

3 hives of bees + various hive parts. Posting for a friend. Think these may have been commercials.