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I am starting again with new equipment so need to buy a new smoker. I was fairly happy with my Thorne Etna type, now in the care of my brother who is taking over all my current gear and hives. So is there anything better out there? Any particularly good quality suppliers? Maisemore seem to...

Just checked my hives on the rape. They were inspected same time last week and were in a good state, eggs, larvae and room to expand. Found the queen, couple of frames in the brood box yet to be drawn out so,I closed up and left them alone. Obviously a mistake- as this evening there were...

I found this very useful... http://books.google.com/books?id=ctupWTmmhssC&pg=PA3&dq=Plants+and+Beekeeping+By+F.+N.+Howes :)

Has anyone tried one of these? http://www.rauchboy.de.vu/ Not much more expensive than the empire from Thorne and delivery is free. Which size would you go for? I don't have thirty hives... but then I take that long poking through my four...

I am about to move and so will be abandoning my bees (well, leaving them in the care of my brother). I am also in line to visit the US soon so I am considering the logistics of buying some equipment there and moving over to Langstroths. What size hive bodies are sensible? There is a dazzling...

Does a bee necessarily die when it stings another bee (or wasp)? I'm thinking in terms of robbing bees getting attacked by the guard bees. Obviously, if they sting us, the sting gets pulled out because of the barb anchoring in our skin and the bee dies. Does this happen when another bee gets...

A programme coming up on the 23 April, BBC4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk16/thu.shtml "Bees are dying in their millions and it's an ecological crisis that threatens to bring global agriculture to a standstill. Introduced by Martha Kearney, Who Killed The Honeybee...