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Thank you very much for this information understanding bees. I really appreciate your time and effort. I will pass on the information to my daughter who now has 2 colonies in her WSP hives.

I wish there was Peter !

Thanks Ian, I'm happy re not feeding for the first few days, their advice was not to feed at all ! The Jacaranda trees will be blooming soon around Perth. Beautiful and the last beekeeping paradise in the world.

My daughter has just become a beekeeper in WA and there seems to be loads of differences. For example, she collected a small cast swarm and was advised not to feed whatsoever. So, I wondered why ? There must be loads of ther differences too.

I'm looking for some information on Jarrah honey extraction. Does it require pressing as it's thixotropic or can it be extracted in a centrifuge ? Are there any idiosyncrasies about Jarrah ?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetradium_daniellii Aka Chinese bee tree. Mine is covered in bees. The video doesn't do it justice !

Maybe more to do with the quality of the heather and the weather micro climate than the strength of the hive ?

https://www.vatorex.com/blog/bee-culture-3/post/honey-fraud-the-impact-on-beekeeping-17

They are working Scillia in my garden. Great early flowing bulbs for pollen and nectar. Very early flowering and incredibly hardy.

You don't give your whereabouts but I would recommend that you contact your local Wildlife Trust and ask them for advice. They can provide bird/owl nesting boxes, seeds, plants etc free of charge. Also a work party to improve the woodland, if you wish. They will then leave you alone. Google...

Indeed it will. However, that is the point in using it selectively by knapsack application. Weeding in the garden is not the same as a 2 acre field. If you want a wildflower meddow you will find that the creeping thistle will out perform all others. Personally, I quite like these "weeds" and...

Google Grazon. It can be applied selectively in a knapsack.

Try this which can be used selectively in a knapsack:

Retired now and running my smallholding with cattle, pigs, poultry and, of course bees. Try and grow all my own food. Got my original nuc from Peterbees, (thank you Peter) 15 years ago. Taken all the modules bar 8, which I was taking last March but keeps getting postponed due to blinking covid ...

That's really useful information. Thank you

Its not just urban areas. I've Just checked bee base. There are 131 apiaries within 10km of my home apiary, and that's only the ones that are registered on beebase. I do know that 10km is too wide an area but cannot reduce the radius to a smaller scale to obtain more accurate data. Poor honey...

Interesting question that. I have a colony which had apiguard during August. Put thymolated syrup on in early September and they wouldn't touch it. I have now taken it of and given them fondant. I will find out tomorrow if they are taking that but I suspect it's the thymol in the apiguard which...

Does anyone know of any studies on the effect on yields of colony density ? I have a suspicion that the influx of new beekeepers is dampening my yields. Live in a very rural area in Wales which is stock based and no arable crops. Thank you