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  • Scottish Beekeepers - Interactive

    Honeybee problems explained 

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    gavin
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    Published on 08-06-2012 03:34 AM
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    A parasitic mite has helped a virus wipe out billions of honeybees throughout the globe, say scientists. ...
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    SBAi Extra!! 

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    gavin
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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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    Neils
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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 Sussex Just outside Brighton.

    As the traffic was a lot better than the weather I managed to get there early and had plenty of time to have a mosey around the labs and meet some of the great and the good of UK apicultural ...
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    A frame of EFB from 2009 

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    gavin
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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 in the news... ...
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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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    Jon
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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 there is to know about beekeeping I thought it might be interesting and hopefully useful.

    1) Don't buy anything until you've done a couple of inspections at your local association or with another beekeeper.

    The first time we opened up a hive I will admit, in my best Asterix, to thinking "@*!%%^". I got ...
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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.




    The disease ...
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    Oliver

    Propolis near Stirling

    hi can anyone tell me where I can get a hold of some Propolis from the Stirling area please?

    17-04-2018 05:58 PM
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    fatshark

    Anyone any idea what they're on in deepest Fife?...

    Anyone any idea what they're on in deepest Fife? I opened boxes near the coast today and they all had winter stores and a trace of new nectar, but lashings of pollen. In contrast, inland the brood...

    fatshark Today, 07:48 PM Go to last post
    Greengage

    I am curious why would you want propolis.

    I am curious why would you want propolis.

    Greengage Today, 07:43 AM Go to last post
    Greengage

    There was easier questions such as. Your local...

    There was easier questions such as.
    Your local Association decides to start microscopy for its more advanced beekeepers. Devise a suitable program, indicating the equipment and reading matter...

    Greengage Today, 07:40 AM Go to last post
    Bridget

    I think that here in the Highlands we are only...

    I think that here in the Highlands we are only about a week behind last year, though the snowdrops were later. I have a photo of snow taken on the 25th April last year where I can see some bushes...

    Bridget Today, 07:22 AM Go to last post
    Thymallus

    Stop being so skeptical you lot....models of...

    Stop being so skeptical you lot....models of honey bee activity are already being used in cloud computing to solve bottleneck problems.
    A Modified Approach for Load Balancing in Cloud Computing...

    Thymallus Yesterday, 09:54 PM Go to last post
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