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The photos look like A. Cerana (Asian honeybee) which maintains smaller colonies...

Yup :) Sorry, looking back it seems I misread what you'd written Yup, I have that model, I know Th**** sell it, probably others do as well. Made a few myself before buying that one. They worked, but weren't nearly as well made. The temp and timing isn't a problem, you just plug a power...

Don't guess. Read papers. Once you've done that I'll be interested ;)

Haven't found that so far.

I agree, (well except for being picky about the sugar brand :) ).

How and when It's the only treatment I use on my bees.

As mentioned in other threads, vapourisation causes less damage to the bees that adding it to sugar syrup.

Importation of queens increases the risk of importing new diseases, which could impact colony losses, but to raise it as an issue for Autumn brood rearing? With such a large variety of bees that can be imported, it seems like a huge generalisation. Certainly the queens I've imported in previous...

I only feed them after I have weighed them. :) 25kg - 30kg total?

No proof. I'm sure someone tried to bring up ley lines in one of the lectures at the NHS, trying to see lines in incomplete data.

Wish I'd known there was a competition, I didn't reply to everything that was incorrect :(

The point is a bit more straight forward than that. It's the the introduced Grey is more able to take advantage of the current environment it finds itself in, rather than the native Red.

and the follow post from me pointed out there are many reasons for a species demise. I find it surprising that it needs pointing out. That's not really true. There is millions of years you can look back at for examples. Yes, he does seem to have had a good jolly around the world looking...

Some dinosaurs did evolve and survive. I was making an example of one rather large and obvious species that was around for a long time, and for some reason died out. There's is an almost endless list of species, both historical and recent that aren't around any more. The various reasons for...

The length of time something has existed as a species doesn't give any guarantees that it will continue to survive. "Triceratops had been around much longer than beekeepers have and certainly, some diseases may test the species but certainly in the end the Triceratops will evolve and survive."...

If PH is in the wrong it seems he just blocks rather than comes back with a good response. It'd be great if he could come back with a well thought out argument, but I can't see that happening. When discussing simple ideas such as creating a breed, I've linked to articles or definitions which...

That's a nice thought, but (like many other myths spread around by some UK Beekeepers) it should be obvious by just looking around at the list of invasive species that it's not true. Nature works with random genetic mutations and selection. Only if a mutation shows up in a population is...

If you want more information on bee specific breeding, there's a new book out which I think is quite good and up to date. "Queen breeding and Genetics" by Eigil Holm Northern Bee Books had it on sale at the National Honey Show for £18 I think.

The standards are set by various breeding groups. Given the difference between breeds of other animals, it should come as no surprise that the US Buckfast are supposedly a bit different to the European ones :) I've had queens from various breeding groups within Europe and there are minor...

It's not complicated is it? It's been pointed out many times over the years, and yet we still have the same silly discussion.