Q rearing by numbers

[fatshark]

also sold by Icko in France (if you can get them to talk to you!)

Is there a problem ... I just ordered a new toy from them and they were straightforward to deal with and delivered v. fast.

[drumgerry]

Just been on Icko's website for the first time - never heard of them till reading this thread. Some nice stuff on there. Especially liked the title for the mini-nuc part of their catalogue - "The nucleus of fecundation". Great stuff! Can't we have a category on the forum for discussing the "The nucleus of fecundation"?!!

[gavin]

Can't we have a category on the forum for discussing the "The nucleus of fecundation"?!!

Fecundation off!!

[Poly Hive]

Have you got any Lyson kit yet Gavin? If not take a sample first.

PH

[gavin]

It hasn't yet arrived. However, as well as listening to folk on here I've handled the boxes at two different bee shows and like what I see.

Abelo in the UK supply them. I swithered about getting them from Wilara in Lithuania but instead ordered queen cages and other sundries from them. Easy to deal with, responsive, courier costs not too bad, low prices.

[Beefever]

Jon,
Would the same thing happen if there was brood present in the Apidea and this being the second introduced virgin to mate from it?

[Jon]

Yep. They sometimes totally abscond leaving brood behind.
Re.the queen mating flights, that's a good question. I am pretty sure I have seen it happen when there has been brood present in the apidea from a previous incumbent but I will make sure I check that properly the next time I see it. I honestly can't remember.

[Poly Hive]

Mobus, Struan and myself all had their minis on the ground with a slab or a bit of corrugated iron to suppress weeds and also in shade mostly. Very few abscond in my experience but I suspect my colonies are a bit bigger in the units I was given by Bernard.

PH

[prakel]

Have you got any Lyson kit yet Gavin? If not take a sample first.

PH

PH, as you've written about your experience with Lyson kit (and mentioned getting some of their mini-plus boxes) in the past I wonder whether there's more to your recommendation to get a sample first than might immediately be apparent? Any hard earned advice you can pass on?

[Poly Hive]

As I say before jumping in the deep end I would suggest STRONGLY buying a small item to test. Personally "I hae ma doots"

PH