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Did an inspection yesterday, havn't seen this before. I pulled these bits out of cells...in amongst what looked like normal healthy brood. My first thought was perhaps this is chalk brood? The two bits to the right look like dried up larvae, the one of the right looks like it's made it in to...

Hi, Did an inspection yesterday - top brood box of a Snelgrove artificial swarm - which on last inspection (about 2 weeks ago) appeared to have a newly mated and laying queen and eggs, however checked again yesterday no sign of eggs or brood. It did have lots of capped honey stores and pollen...

Hi, Just thinking about labels and seen some Granulation labels for sale - you will have probably come across them before. I'd like to know why on the label it states: "All pure honey will granulate, in fact this is the best proof of it's quality" I'm not sure this is such a great statement...

How long is a honey bee's stinger? Interested primarily in knowing how far they can insert the said stinger, given a nice soft bit of flesh :eek: Anyone have any scientifically researched figures? Thanks.

As the subject says... What's in your beekeeping toolbox? I'm getting organised this year and want to heave a dedicated toolbox for inspections. Cheers Matt

Hi, I'm putting together a swarm control plan for this season. I've got 4 hives now. I'm thinking about doing traditional artificial swarm control, but take 3-4 frames of brood + 1 queen cell into a nuc box - which will be situated a few meters from the original hive. To save on equipment I...