SBA Interactive forum - Powered by vBulletin
  • Register
  • Help
  • The Facebook Platform
  • What's New?
  • Articles
    • Scottish Beekeepers - Interactive
    • SBA
  • Forum
  • Blogs
  • Advanced Search
  • Home
  • Home
  • Scottish Beekeepers - Interactive
  1. This forum is provided for the benefit of beekeepers internationally, and particularly welcomes input from beekeepers in Scotland. Like all internet discussion fora it can contain humour and banter that may not be appreciated by all. The only rule is not to be abusive. The ethos of the forum is that posters should self-moderate as far as possible rather than be subjected to editorial interference. Naturally, the views represented here do not represent those of the SBA.

  • Neils

    LASI Waggle Dance Workshop 

    by
    Neils
    • View Profile
    • View Forum Posts
    • Private Message
    • View Blog Entries
    • View Articles
    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 ...
    Read More Read More 4 Comments

    The Evil Mobile Phones are back! 

    by
    Neils
    • View Profile
    • View Forum Posts
    • Private Message
    • View Blog Entries
    • View Articles
    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... ...
    Read More Read More 3 Comments

    What I learned in my first year.... 

    by
    Neils
    • View Profile
    • View Forum Posts
    • Private Message
    • View Blog Entries
    • View Articles
    Published on 02-03-2010 08:20 PM
    Article Preview

    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 ...
    Read More Read More 5 Comments

  • Recent Blog Posts

  • Recent Forum Posts

    KelsoHighSchool apiary

    Behaviour traits - reading list

    Thank you to everyone involved in organising the snhibs day at Newbattle yesterday. A really interesting day, a fantastic location and wonderful food - what's not to like ! I left the meeting...

    KelsoHighSchool apiary Yesterday, 11:54 AM Go to last post
    fatshark

    Wet the bristles (saliva is fine) Slide it...

    Wet the bristles (saliva is fine)
    Slide it underneath the larva
    Lift and separate
    Place the paintbrush and larva in the grafting cup, touching the base
    Gently rotate the paintbrush to transfer it...

    fatshark 14-11-2018, 12:08 PM Go to last post
    Paul_

    Never having used one, how does the larva come...

    Never having used one, how does the larva come off the bristles?

    Paul_ 14-11-2018, 10:04 AM Go to last post
    fatshark

    It's official ... the BBC say that bees are in...

    It's official ... the BBC say that bees are in trouble, so they must be.
    Fortunately, Oracle are involved now. With AI, machine learning and hive monitors.
    Unfortunately, poor Professor Simon...

    fatshark 13-11-2018, 04:20 PM Go to last post
    Pete L

    Try a small sable artists paint brush, 00 or 000.

    Try a small sable artists paint brush, 00 or 000.

    Pete L 12-11-2018, 11:06 PM Go to last post
  • Contact Us
  • Scottish Beekeepers Association
  • Archive
  • Top
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 01:02 PM.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.3
Copyright © 2018 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.