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At the BBKA convention I was talking to one of the researchers from LASI who recommend OA vaporisation. He warned me that some people are being rather casual about safety when handling OA. You should wear safety goggles, gloves and an approved respirator even when handling and weighing it out...

They are testing bees from associations that contributed to the BDI Revive project. Associations were asked to contribute up to £300 per year for 3 years. £120,000 has been raised from BKAs, BDI and the CB Dennis trust to pay for equipment and testing costs. Salaries though are paid by the...

This should be the first bit of advice given to anyone asking simple questions on this forum - don't answer the question, but tell them to do some basic research then come back and ask if they don't understand something. If you simply answer everything then you enable dependence and stifle...

You mean 200g.

Another daft comment from a usual suspect

Well I have only ever been stung when I most expect it, inspecting the bees. Never when away from, or even right next to, the hives.

Following your progress with great interest. Keep posting.

This wouldn't work. I suggest you do some reading about the life cycle of the varroa mite. I'm not going to tell you why, because I think people should learn for themselves instead of being spoon-fed by the enablers-of-ignorance on this forum.

Research presented at the WBKA convention showed that in colonies which were fed protein supplements when pollen was unavailable, brood rearing ceased after one brood cycle. The researcher's conclusion was that bees need pollen, and supplements are not sufficient.

The bees are not attempting to adapt to anything. They simply reproduce. Natural selection, if given a chance, will give rise to locally adapted bees, but only if you don't interfere and keep the weak colonies alive. Bees have evolved such that the queen mates with a dozen or more drones which...

Sorry, but this is just not true. Research is starting to show that eating sugar has a very different effect on gene expression compared with honey. Now it's not yet saying that bees are disadvantaged by having sugar, but it's not as simple as thinking that all sugar sources are equal...

There are a number of people on this forum who are arrogant, rude, dismissive ego-maniacs. Unfortunately you have encountered most of them already. Please don't be disheartened. We all reach a point when we have to say '---- it' and leave, as I am doing now.

Well it's a bit rude to comment on something that you can't even be bothered to read, isn't it?

Well the grammar and content of this post suggest that lead may have done you more harm than you realise! You obviously don't know Wally either. If you do then you wouldn't be talking such crap, as he is neither sad nor ugly, but is in fact widely respected.

My bees' main flight path is over my drive, which is 100m from my 3 hives, and my car gets covered with the waxy spots of bee poo on a daily basis. It is quite annoying actually. I moan about it, and it's entirely my own doing! Perhaps adopting a more understanding attitude, and offering a...

As you keep saying again and again and again. We get the message!

I potter around my apiary all summer long wearing shorts and a T-shirt and never come to harm. If you disagree then perhaps you need to think about getting some calmer bees! I thought the whole program was excellent. Content spot on, and presenters all great. Looking forward to next week...

In a talk at the BBKA spring convention, research was presented showing that 30% of 'feral' colonies die within 1 year, and 50% within 2 years. All of these bees are believed to originate from swarms from managed hives (genetic analysis). They all had far more Deformed Wing Paralysis Virus than...

What a good idea - simply move the brood, and the hive to bleed off fliers too. Thank you itma! This is one of those things that seems so obvious once it's pointed out, but it hadn't occurred to me as an alternative to uniting whilst retaining the old queen.