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Fame at last! http://www.manchestercathedral.org/news/521/capture-the-cathedral-winners-2017 There's a link to the Cathedral's Facebook page for Joe Pubic* to vote for their favourite. Thought my fellow beeks might like to do to this poll what the ruskies did for Trump. Love, light and...

At this time of the year I find myself removing frames of unused winter stores. As they are usually the result of autumn feeding, I can't extract the 'honey' - and anyway I use 14 x 12s, which won't fit my extractor. I hate to chuck it all away - so I end up storing the fuller frames for the...

Wow! That thunderstorm was fierce! Lasted a couple of hours of the heaviest rain I can remember since being in the monsoons in the Philippines. A veritable river ran through our garden, into the undercroft, knocking out our electrics. Past the hives - reaching within half an inch of one...

You opinion, please. Went to inspect the 4 hives on the roof of the PrintWorks in Manchester this morning. They have an area of raised beds where they cultivate fruit and veg. The weather was overcast, slightly breezy, a feeling of rain in the air, but no actual rain, no thunder etc. in...

Sometimes I still need to ask simple questions! I use 14 x 12 brood boxes - which are great because they provide sufficient stores for winter, in a single box. However, over the years I've accumulated a number of 14 x 12 frames of stores, which haven't been consumed over winter. Some have a...

Does anyone know of a supplier for Apivar? The RBI has recommended it and my vet is willing to prescribe it - but can't find a supplier. [I used MAQS 4 weeks ago, but a week after removal, I put the varroa board in and got a week count of 78. Then on Saturday I saw 2 bees with DWV. This is...

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/watch-two-men-attempt-vandalise-10859747 Dusty

'Er indoors tells me there's a phone-in about anaphylaxis on the Jeremy Vine prog today (about now!). I imagine it will be on catchup. Dusty

Just thought it would give the assembled congregation a good laugh! Clarissa got most of it right - though there are a few errors such as quoting me as saying bees fly up to 1k to forage. Anyhow, enjoy! Love light and peace, Dusty

We've been jarring up the cathedral honey, with volunteers from our 'long-term unemployed' project. In an unguarded moment, the person labelling the jars, started a new roll of labels, not realising that the first 50 or so of the print run, didn't include a lot number. Am I right in thinking...

Happy birthday to a lovely lady and one of the best people on the Forum! What's more, she knows a heck of a lot about bumblies and all sorts of bugs. And she's an incredibly intuitive beek, who keeps me and my bees in order. Not to mention being a great mum. Hope you're feeling better, by the...

Currently sweltering in a tiny Greek port called Galaxidi. Can anyone please identify the attached? There are a fair few around. About an inch long. Thanks. Dusty

In the last week, 2 of the 10 hives I'm responsible for, swarmed. One swarm I collected. The other made off to a place where it couldn't be recovered. Whilst I felt quite heroic about the first, I feel rather embarrassed - perhaps a little ashamed - at not being able to prevent, or at least...

Hi guys, Just got an email from Paypal, saying that they're decoupling from eBay and are changing their legal agreements with their users. So I thought I'd take a look. There's reams of it - but I got no further than the first change. It seemed so startling that I thought I'd ask what others...

xmas carolsxmas carols On the first day of Christmas my s'pplier sent to me: a Queen in an Apidea. xmas carolsxmas carols [More tomorrow. Have a good one.] Dusty

Hi guys and gals, Just got the December edition of the BBKA News. Typical curate's egg. Couple of examples of poor proof-reading in the article about the 2014 Honey Survey. Irritating but insignificant, has the author not heard of the rule of thumb that it's, " 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'...

Hi guys and gals. Tomorrow and Friday - 24th & 25th, The BBC - in the North West, at least - is showing 2 programmes about the RHS Flower show at Tatton Park - 7:00-7:30 BBC2 As part of that, they've done a short filler about the bees on the roof of Manchester Cathedral. I saw the producer...

I've got to do a presentation to a group of potential beekeepers. I want to be able to do a slide giving some sort of visual indication of the 'density' of foraging bees on a symbolic map. [One of them told me recently he was concerned about the school 100 yards away.] You know, if 20,000...

Sorry, guys, if I'm posing a question answered before, but my searches on the Forum have been fruitless. I had an unmarked DLQ in one hive and a virgin queen in a Demaree on the next hive (both on 14x12). By the time the VQ was laying, there was no sign of the DLQ - and I certainly couldn't see...

Inspected my two home hives on Sunday. Hive 1 - my old queen, about whom I've waxed lyrical - with plenty of open and capped brood. Hive 2 - her daughter. Not seen her this year. On Sunday, capped brood, no open brood, no eggs - no queen cells. Decided to put a test frame from Hive 1 into hive...