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I've meaning to sort this out for months but used "i'll do it in winter" as an excuse to save me a lot of un-necessary hacking and slashing.

My out apiary is on a nature reserve, nicely tucked away behind some brambles. We originally cleared the area and put down a lot of mulch/wood chippings about this time two years ago.

By last summer you pretty much needed a machete to get to the hive and as quick as I could clear the space around the hive weeds were ...

Well, those Magnificant Seven small and perfectly formed (Amm-looking) colonies were still alive this afternoon. The 3.5% oxalic acid dihydrate in 1:1 syrup (w/v) was dispensed according to the usual 5ml per seam rule, although some were occupying a small part of their seam so were spared the full 5ml. It was baltic (that isn't any kind of reference to Finland by the way) and I think that my hands suffered more than the bees did, though several did point their stings in the air at me just to let ...