Price of varroa treatment

[pargyle]

He left on his own in a huff as there wasn't anyone to disagree with him.

I don't know .. seen him argue with himself on occasions .... it just gets worse when I'm around.. I feel like I offer a good service - keeps him occupied !

 

[B+.]

One final comment the average lifespan of an artificially inseminated queen was under 1 year, free mated queens performed much better(they are breeding hygienic queens)

I do like generalisations like this. Did he mean their instrumentally inseminated queens last less than a year? I have queens that have lasted as long as open mated queens.....so much depends on technique and experience
Open mated queens are certainly a lot less work and cheaper to produce....so long as you have a 10km exclusion zone on land or an island at least 3 km off the coast which you can use as a mating station

 

[Norton]

keeps him occupied !

Indeed yes, keeps his brain operating.

 

[Hivemaker.]

I do like generalisations like this. Did he mean their instrumentally inseminated queens last less than a year? I have queens that have lasted as long as open mated queens.....so much depends on technique and experience

Michael Collier was doing inseminating for them, most likely still does, i would of thought his technique and experience were reasonably good, maybe not, could be your technique and experience is better.

 

[B+.]

Michael Collier was doing inseminating for them, most likely still does, i would of thought his technique and experience were reasonably good, maybe not, could be your technique and experience is better.

Michael is certainly an experienced inseminator. I don't know where he got the figure of less than a year from.

 

[Hivemaker.]

I don't know where he got the figure of less than a year from.

Nor me... like yourself, i find they last as long as a naturally mated queens if done properly, often longer, especially when the weather has been poor for open mating.

 

[B+.]

especially when the weather has been poor for open mating.

Perhaps Michael was teaching someone else to do it. It takes quite a bit of practice so inexperienced inseminators might produce less than ideal results

 

[B+.]

Last week a member of the LASI team from Sussex University gave us a talk on their varroa control experiments.
One final comment the average lifespan of an artificially inseminated queen was under 1 year, free mated queens performed much better(they are breeding hygienic queens)

Was he talking about single drone inseminated queens? These might be expected to have a shorter life. However, their purpose is to emphasize a trait such as VSH. Members of Arista did this with Buckfast in 2014 (http://aristabeeresearch.org/wp-con...le-Drone-project-2014-Results-11-feb-2015.pdf) and with Carnica in 2015. In fact, I am hoping to go to the BeeBreed meeting in The Netherlands in December when the results will be officially announced.

 

[Cussword]

No 'O' levels at all. Wife has 14 of 'em but they didn't exist in my day - School Cert or nothing. I got the nothing at school but did quite well nevertheless.

School Certificate, that takes me back.

Do City & Guilds count?

 

[Finman]

Indeed yes, keeps his brain operating.

Norton have you become as sick as these
" intellectual" pokers?
Just now Pal, change your medication.

I just wanted to compare prices of varroa treatments, when heard of village docs started again to pull my pants and piss along my legs. It seems that retired gentlemen in Great Britain have not much to do daily. Bark everything which moves.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

intellectual pokers - is that what they use to tend the fires in universities?

 

[Finman]

intellectual pokers - is that what they use to tend the fires in universities?

I learned this from a book written by Brittish consult. "Cross Cultural Communication". Typical feature on English people when they meet foreign people.

 

[Norton]

Just now Pal, change your medication.

Well yes, I was thinking of using Apivar this year.

 

[Finman]

Well yes, I was thinking of using Apivar this year.

Try to scrape first.... Or groom...

 

[pargyle]

It seems that retired gentlemen in Great Britain have not much to do daily. Bark everything which moves.

Retired ? I should be so lucky.. reached state retirement age this year and still working a full week ! No immediate sign of retirement at present ... of course if I took lessons in beekeeping from Finnie then the bees would keep me in comfort for the rest of my natural

 

[B+.]

if I took lessons in beekeeping from Finnie then the bees would keep me in comfort for the rest of my natural

Comfort? Imagine lugging all that honey 150Km home

 

[pargyle]

Comfort? Imagine lugging all that honey 150Km home

I reckon with diesel at the price it is my profits would be small ... I would have to get a trailer for my bike !

Come to think of it .. I could live in it as well ...

 

[B+.]

Come to think of it .. I could live in it as well ...

For a moment, I thought that was one of Tremy's long hives

 

[B+.]

I reckon with diesel at the price it is my profits would be small ... I would have to get a trailer for my bike !

Come to think of it .. I could live in it as well ...

I read somewhere, that in countries like Romania some people do. It takes migratory beekeeping to a new level. I wonder what ITLD would think of living in one of these for the season on his moors

 

[Ely]

intellectual pokers - is that what they use to tend the fires in universities?

Nah. It is what Steven Fry uses when he is feeling in a certain mood.