what is your obsession with the Irish and standard boxes?
in the end, it's not me that's defending some idiot who culls prolific queens to avoid giving the queen more space
Was there no sugar rushing during and shortly after the war, was there not alot of bee keepers lost in the war?
I’m sure your not surprised I disagree, you say he has a good reputation but with whom, mention his name at a BFA meeting and at best it’s a raised eyebrow….at worseOh I don't know he's been keeping bees a long time and has a good reputation, he also keeps his bees on a single standard brood box which afew people on hear seem to thing is impossible, that must be an achievement in itself. He also manages to breed bees seemingly making them more native than they started, he dosnt need to import queens every other year just breeds them, you could say he's a far better bee keeper than most as if they banned imports tommorow I'm sure the buckfast bunch would be up shitzcreek without a paddle in a year or two when the f2 aggression starts kicking in would you disagree
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I can’t say. Anyone can keep bees in a single box the point is why! He certainly doesn’t breed bees, he may raise a few. There is a considerable difference!! If imports got banned tomorrow there’s enough buckfast breeders here, I have a couple of UK II queens arriving in a week. I also have Carnica
others would import sperm. I did once meet a gentleman at Heathrow with a pocket full of sperm. As to F2 aggression I get some ok F2-3 but at that point there more local.My point is you stated bees are not kept on standard brood boxs, they most definatly are and I've mentioned Irish bee keepers as its very common there, the subject of the post is about culling a prolific queen and your trying to ridicule the bloke because you don't agree with it. He culled the queen clearly because he dosnt want prolific queens, why on earth would he give it more space when it's the opposite to what he and their association want. It's nit trolling it's a discussion.
you just going to throw insults and talk more rubbish?
Which is an absolute idiocy
It dosnt surprise me if they are of the same mentally on imports I'm sure they wouldn't like his whole ethos on not importing.I’m sure your not surprised I disagree, you say he has a good reputation but with whom, mention his name at a BFA meeting and at best it’s a raised eyebrow….at worse
I think I remember arresting someone like that
I’m not making a point. I’m asking a question. I was asking whether bees when the standard box was invented were lees prolific? Was the box designed to fit the bees?
I'm not throwing insults, your throwing statements then not replying when I challange them to be crap?
Ofcorse it isn't, why wpuld you want multiple brood boxs when you can have just one and get the same crop?!
I'd guess the bees where more like native bees, like the ones in Ireland that are kept on standard brood boxs, or like Roger Pattersons near natives that are also kept on standard brood boxs.
Why I thought it was a funny thing to say, there's been no threats from either of us?
Because you won’t get the same crop! If your in a poor area a mediocre sized colony without the mouths to feed may do better in the long run. If your in anything from a average to good area bigger colonies will store more surplus, as a rule of thumb you won’t go far wrong with that. Why do you think those dastardly commercial types prefer them. Not to mention of all the corners of the world Uk AMM got exported to few stuck with them over more prolific types. This country has few true breeders and of those how many can compare to the breeding groups in Europe or the US. I rather think the UK is the backward example.
Ah, I remember HMRC - that's when it all went downhill
Think that depends on the year, surely you get less crop when the bees have turned it all into brood, and people who keep on a single brood don't seem to be short on honey.
