Search results

and this is the original article: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029639 Interesting, perhaps related to the mass movement of honey bees in the US, and certainly not a nice organism or one that you would want in areas where it has not so far been found. Is it...

There is a very active BKA in Nairn and I am sure that you would be made welcome. Although I am a newcomer to the forum myself (and to beekeeping), can I add my wecome to all the others. I hope that you find the forum as useful and informative as I have. If you are looking for details of Nairn...

According to today's Independent, under the title "Stripe-suited workers creat a new buzz at Stock Exchange", the paper's bee correspondent claims that "The London Stock Exchange is to welcome thousands of new worker drones next month by introducing bees to its rooftop in the City." So that's...

In the US there are 80-100 cases of infant botulism per year. Of those about 5% are thought to be due to spores in honey. This amounts to five cases a year. The remaining 95% of cases are due to unknown causes. While there is reason to be cautious and not to feed honey to infants under a year...

Used to use a jam thermometer but found the same as you - excessive boiling destroys the pectin and the jam never sets! We now use a cold plate test; if the jam gels then it is ready for bottling. Used the jam thermometer for making fondant last year and it set like a rock. The bees still...

We have lavender covered with honey bees, bumble bees and hoverflies all summer, and the bees love all of our poppies (although I found a very sleepy bumble bee on a poppy Papaver Somniferum) this morning). I have seen cotoneaster at my sons house alive with bees when in bloom in the summer, and...

North of Scotland - Moray Interesting year... First full year in beekeeping, and the early spring here caught me out with a swarm end of April (disappeared) and a cast not long after (caught and housed - then absconded by next morning). Spent the rest of the year building up the colony again...

My mentor who has several years experience of beekeeping was due to come over last week, and phoned to say that he had been stung, had a reaction, and was in hospital; it is quite possible to develop an allergy to bee stings after a time with no problems (just as it seems possible to become...

Outside Inverness, Scotland

> i was thinking more along the lines of using it internally. heard its good for the > heart and all sorts and as i have a dodgey one it would be great to use > something that will pospone my op and stuff. Hope that you find something that will help! Outside my field I'm afraid, but I believe...

If you know anyone who makes violins, I believe it has ben used in violin varnish. Cheers, Tom

Don't have a full answer, but I believe that von Frisch showed that bees will forage across water - (360m) (but that some bees flew too low and drowned). It seems that they can't be trained to a feeder that is in the middle of a body of water though ;-(...

I would tend to agree - either condition the seeds by mixing all of them with damp sand or vermiculite and keeping in a poly bag for 6-8 weeks in the fridge (Not freezer), and then plant out normally in compost, or do it the way nature does it - plant them in a pot and let the natural cold/damp...

Good luck with the bees! My understanding is that bumble bees nest in colonies of 50-200 individuals, colonies that at best would contain only a teaspoon of honey. Unlike honey bees, only the queen survives over winter and starts a new colony each spring. It is quite difficult to encourage...

...of course, someone else may know different ;-)

Aruncus dioicus (goatsbeard)?