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    Published on 05-05-2011 05:33 PM

    Help us Map Varroa - a new survey by and for members
    Pesticide background - learn about the existing science
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    LASI Waggle Dance Workshop 

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    Published on 21-06-2011 06:29 AM

    On Saturday I spent a fascinating afternoon at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects at the University of West ...
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    A frame of EFB from 2009 

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    Published on 06-06-2011 11:53 AM
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    When Murray asked me to come out and see the disease in July 2009 to spread the word, EFB was new to me, him and some of ...
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    The Evil Mobile Phones are back! 

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    Published on 26-05-2011 06:20 PM

    In a brand new telling including the usual taking figures out of context, that weird study done in India last year is back ...
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    Hidden benefit of beekeeping: bee manure! 

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    Published on 05-05-2010 07:50 AM
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    Would it help your garden to gather nitrogen-rich products from flowers over an area of many square miles then spray them ...
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    Delaney's Donkey 

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    Published on 13-04-2011 07:26 AM

    20c in Belfast yesterday.
    We took the dog for a dander over to the new apiary site at Minnowburn, a National Trust ...
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    New warning on honey and babies 

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    Published on 05-06-2010 01:40 PM
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    The Food Standards Agency has issued a warning about the risks of infant botulism from feeding babies honey ...
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    What I learned in my first year.... 

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    Published on 02-03-2010 08:20 PM
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    This is a shameless rip off of a similar post on a similar forum but now I'm entering year 2 and hence now know everything ...
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    New bee disease found in Northern Ireland 

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    Published on 20-02-2010 02:17 PM
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    The BBC have reported the confirmation of Nosema ceranae in Northern Ireland.




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    Introduction to the Scottish Beekeepers' Association 

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    Published on 07-02-2010 05:41 PM
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    Have you visited our main web site? You'll find it a rich source of information on Scottish beekeeping.

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    Nellie

    I've copied the posts regarding Beekeeping in...

    I've copied the posts regarding Beekeeping in Germany into a separate thread. Rather than delete the posts here and having people wondering if they're going mad I thought I'd leave them be and hope...

    Nellie 05-02-2012, 11:39 PM Go to last post
    Nellie

    Regarding association sizes, I wonder how much...

    Regarding association sizes, I wonder how much has to do with the the relative sizes of the countries. I know the UK/France respective populations are very similar, but France in terms of area is...

    Nellie 05-02-2012, 11:37 PM Go to last post
    gavin

    I perfectly agree - put it on when there's a flow...

    I perfectly agree - put it on when there's a flow starting and they will draw it fine. For me, the start of the rape in mid April is when the strong colonies need the space.

    gavin 05-02-2012, 11:30 PM Go to last post
    gavin

    PS Was particularly proud of these pictures last...

    PS Was particularly proud of these pictures last year. Field bean.

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/WaterAid/Beans/bbee_extrafloral2.jpg
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    gavin 05-02-2012, 11:24 PM Go to last post
    gavin

    If you put 'prunus extrafloral nectaries' into...

    If you put 'prunus extrafloral nectaries' into Google Images you'll see them on petioles (red glands) and near the leaf midrib in a variety of Prunus species. I'm not sure whether there is a...

    gavin 05-02-2012, 11:19 PM Go to last post
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