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Dropped a queen cell into a queenless colony last weekend and checked on it yesterday morning. It hadn't hatched, so dropped a caged laying queen into the same colony. This morning when I checked on her, the queen was dead in the cage. Closer inspection of the colony revealed a viable mated...

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-luring-hornets-scientists-sex-pheromone.html Lets hope that this pheromone becomes available at a reasonable price, very soon.

Have just read Andrew Durham's (Cambridgeshire BKA) article on the Asian Hornet in the August 2017 edition of BBKA news. https://www.-------------/files/library/bbka_news_224_aug_2017_1501056616.pdf page 273 onwards Its an excellent summary of the counter measures being taken in France and...

Quite a few postings recently related to bees stinging livestock and members of the public but has any one ever seen anything like this video of cyclists being stung in Spain? Don't worry there's no need for any Spanish language ability ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D29AbpsjyfU 34...

Heres a cautionary tale for those of you who think that bee keeping in the tropics must be so much easier than in temperate lands. As some of my earlier posts to this forum have explained, some things are easier and some things are not. But nothing had prepared me for this year..... After an...

Its been a long wet season here in Chiangmai, Thailand and there have been large numbers of hornets, esp. Vespa velutina this year. This is the hornet species that is an invasive species in France and is threatening to invade the UK. Its feeding behaviour is to hover in front of the hive...

The nectar flow is coming to an end in Northern Thailand. Its been quite a good year with heavy flowering of mangoes, lychees and longan trees. (Forget what I wrote a while back about bees not appearing to like mango flowers). A few months back I wrote on the forum about the differences between...

Its 9.30am on a chilly, (15 degrees C) but sunny December morning in Chiangmai, Northern Thailand and the bees in our 6 colonies are just starting to fly for the day. Apis meliffera has been in Thailand for a little over 50 years, a relatively short time in evolutionary terms but the honeybee...

A few pics from last Saturday's honey harvest. Its turning out to be a not-so-good year for honey in Chiangmai. Production in some areas is very low. These hives were OK though and are in a Lum Yai Orchard in Mae Deng District. Hoping for one more harvest next week, and that will be it for the...

Just back from looking at our hives (7; Apis mellifera), and its all systems go for the bees. They are out foraging from well before dawn to dusk. Supers are on and its looking like it could be a good season, (our third). Hornets were not so much of a problem in the last wet season, so colonies...

Muddy Waters was probably not a beek. There seem to be a few 'biological innaccuracies with his song, 'I'm a king bee' Can you spot any? :serenade: Well I'm a king bee Buzzing around your hive Well I'm a king bee, baby Buzzing around your hive Yeah I can make honey baby Let me come inside