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Hi there. If you stand the bottom super on a board (ply or whatever you have that is even) in the garden so that there is practically no gap, then stack the other supers on top and place some kind of lid on the stack you should be fine. The top super should have no frames in it to have room...

Hi there. I use sulphur strips - and after that tower the supers with top and bottom ventilation (mesh). You then have a chimney effect that the moth does not like even if one did manage to get in. Greets Phil

Hi there. I would wait and see. If it was due to OSR it should be over soon. If it was due to genetics you will need to give the colony a little more time for the old workers to die and new bees from the new queen to hatch and take over. Greets Phil

Hi enrico. Try Osmia rufa (old name for O. bicornis) Red Mason bee http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/message/19067#19067 Greets Phil

Hi there. It could be Osmia cornuata. (or O. bicornis) Regards Phil

Hi there. I was tested and diagnosed allergic by my allergy clinic after inconsistant systemic reactions. I could be stung 4 times without a reaction, then again once with a reaction. The reaction has never been life threatening so far. I was issued an epipen, anti-histamine and cortisone...

Hi there. Don't think it should be a problem for the 2 nuclei (pl.). The drums are in the shed..i would think he will also play there? As long as the hives are not really close or standing up against the shed.... Greets Phil

Hi there. I suppose the most important question is - does the person that is going to take care of them whilst you are away know what he is doing? If he/she is a bee keeper, i would see no problem at all. If he/she knows nothing about bees what would you expect him/her to do if a problem...

Hi there. Here is the Link to the scientific paper: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029639 Especially those buying bees from N-America may be interested in: "Furthermore, the domestic honey bee is potentially A. borealis' ticket to global invasion...

Hi there. Had two of those this year - Varroa pressure too high. As a few have already posted - typical picture. It is a shame, but it happens. As long as there is no faeces on the stores you can use them to help other colonies maybe in spring. All the other comb I would melt down. Greets...

Hi there. @Chris And that is where you are wrong. Since the ice age the bees have moved from the (now) Mediterranean and spread out all over Europe ...which took a very long time. During this process the bee races evolved and dominated the areas best suited for them. That is why today a...

Hi there. These are the figures from 2004....in 7 years hybrid genes can contaminate a large area especially if the protection zones are not clustered but spread out. The 7% A.m.m. are the local bee in the more mountainous areas like Tyrol, Salzburg and parts of Carinthia. It is natural that...

Hi there. :iagree: 100% with "the naked beekeeper". The best bee for your area is the local bee...that is why it evolved there...in simple words - that's why nature put it there. The Buckfast Bee is a hybrid of bees from all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a registered trademark and...

Hi there. I go with the rest here...never leave QE on over winter. The cluster will move around the stores and your queen will be left behind at the QE and most certainly die. Greets Phil p.s. good luck with the hedge.

Hi Victor Meldrew. Use of antibiotics to eradicate disease in bees is forbidden in the EU (that includes Austria)...EU law 37/2010, Austrian law TAKG/2002. The method is: Brush-swarm in new swarm box and place in cool dark place for 3 days - then feed with syrup. In the meantime disinfect all...

:iagree: I am always stunned by the amount of plastic wrapping in UK food stores. On the other hand...by the time it hits the shelf in the UK every item would have probably been touched numerous times by "who knows" and they don't have to worry about mishandling the goods. If it's sealed it can...

Hi there. I find it a little strange that beekeepers the NBU and the BA are so into trying to fight disease and yet beekeepers themselves set bait hives with old comb. It seems contra productive. If you set up a bait hive with old comb and you have latent AFB or EFB you will without doubt...

Hi there. As mentioned in another tread I use an oxalic acid evaporator. However I have an "external" model that has a tube that you place in to the front of the hive - and an air pump (some have electric ventilators - I prefer to KISS). I close the OMF with the spec. board and the flight...

Hi there. I use oxalic vapour in late autumn - early winter. I do not trickle any acids but use Thymol twice and then oxalic to get rid of the rest of the mites when broodless. Looking at the weather in my area I will use oxalic vapour in about 2-3 weeks time. Greets Phil

Hi there. Interesting turn this topic has taken. But however interesting the religious side of things may be from a philosophical point of view...from a practical point of view it makes no difference at all. As an agnostic - borderline atheist - I get a bit grumpy when religion is used as an...