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Minnesota, first year, two hives, and I walked out this morning to something awful: hundreds, maybe more, of dead and twitching bees in front of both hives. Many have the…
Mid-winter here in Victoria and I did my July checks on a mild still day: quick look under the crown boards, hefted for stores, and pulled the centre frame on two of my s…
Vermont, second year, and my weaker colony is throwing two different kinds of gross at me and I can't tell what I'm looking at. Thing one: hard white and some grey-black …
Yearly reminder for everyone enjoying the flow: do a wash NOW, not in August. In spring a 3% infestation (9 mites per 300 bees) is the common treatment trigger. From mid-…
Yorkshire first-year keeper trying not to spiral. We had that cold wet snap last week (down to 6°C at night) and yesterday's inspection showed a patch of dead brood on th…
Six years in and I'm a bit ashamed to admit this: I run two apiaries about 12 km apart here in Flanders, and my hive tool and gloves have been to every single colony with…
Second year, three hives in Vermont. I did mite checks on all three this weekend and on my strongest colony I ran both methods back to back out of curiosity, separate hal…
Happy solstice, Northern colleagues. A teaching moment I give every mentee on this exact week: today your colonies are at or near their annual population peak — 40-50,000…
Hived a decent prime swarm two weeks back, my second season and first swarm, west of Ireland so it's been damp and cool as usual. Yesterday I found maybe a dozen white ch…
Second year in Vermont, trying to do varroa IPM properly instead of just reacting in August like last season. I put a green drone frame in each of my three hives at the e…
Did an alcohol wash this morning on my strongest hive and counted 9 mites. Main nectar flow has maybe 2 weeks left. Do I pull supers and treat with formic now, or risk th…
First time I've seen SHB in this apiary. Two adults running across the top bars. Strong hive, double deep + super. Is eradication realistic in Mediterranean climate or am…
Five or six little white mummies on the landing board this morning, looks like classic chalkbrood. Hive is otherwise active, bringing in pollen, queen laying. Do I just m…
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