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Wow, i feel really sorry for the poor bees under the supposed care of these people, asking a small colonies to draw out all those frames at this time of year is just not going to work, they should be in a Nuc box with that small amount of bees, i fear they are doomed, very sad, i watched the...

Why the big secret Hivemaker ? i would have thought adopting a position of cooperation and sharing would be better if we want to have some sort of organised Queen breeding in the UK.

we sell ours for £140 plus £10 delivery and installation within 10 miles, these are 6 frame nuc`s with our own grafted 2017 queens on National or Langstroth frames, we had a limited number of over wintered Nuc`s but decided to keep theses, so i think £200 is a bit on the expensive side.

If it is the same guy as i think it is, take a look at the FB page this will give you a clue as to his ability, i will say no more.

This is nothing new, we have been taking split bags of sugar from Tescos for the last 3/4 years, we had to prepare and sign a disclaimer stating that " we would not sue them if their sugar kills our bees" we had to check every bucket as they would put all shorts of crap in with the sugar, brown...

I rest my case

Yes it could be done, i did exactly that 30 plus years ago when i worked in a different industry, but that was a very different world then, i think those days are long gone, you could buy a house for 40k then, self employed could get loans by self assessment !! by your reckoning they would have...

Just for the records i am totally behind apprenticeships in the country, one of my concerns was for the future of these apprentices when they have qualified what do they do then, i see in a post that a mere 50k would set them up ! i would ask where does that come form, i am not sure a bank would...

Why ?

I would suggest there are far more possibility's in farming for those leaving agricultural collage in this country than in bee farming as there are far more farms which have a wide range of positions available, no one would suggest someone leaving collage would go straight out and buy a farm...

I will start be applauding the BFA for setting up this apprenticeship scheme in the first place, but i feel it is flawed in two aspects, 1. this scheme will only really benefit existing medium to large scale bee farming businesses that want to employ a family member or two, something they might...

pm sent Chris

There has been a post about our method on the forum already, but yes as Kev says i will be willing to answer any questions regarding our method of controlling CBPV, one question has been asked already is "what happens to all the nurse bee" the answer is that some will be lost but also a lot do...

The main fields of opium poppy's are a few weeks off still but there are plenty of self seeded poppy`s around in the margins here in the the south, so plenty of black pollen coming in and has been for the last week.

Any news yet Dan ?

That is what they look like to me also capped Drones

I would really only use our method as a last resort as it dose cause the colony a lot of stress and upheaval, i don`t think it is worth putting them through all that for only a few infected workers, i would pick them of by hand for now and see how they cope with it, CPBV really peaks around late...

you are attempting to separate every infected bee form the uninfected ones Doug, as the infected ones loose the ability to fly and will drop like stones to the ground, the others will fly back home, as the virus is passed mostly from bee to bee contact, the brood in the combs will be unaffected...

Yes David was giving a talk on the subject so i sent him an early copy of my method, i must stress that to be successful with this method you should swing the frames up and tap off the bees in an upward motion to get them flying, to shake them onto the floor would be counter productive, we have...

You will have to keep renaming a bee every six weeks as your adoption lasts for 12 months, maybe you will get a few invites to the funerals :spy: