Quite an old post, from 2015, on the Sunday Farmer blog. I shall be in Mumbai, and if I have the opportunity will check on the veracity of his lonesomeness.
https://sundayfarmer.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/mumbais-only-bee-keeper/
12 October 2017
Mumbai's lone beekeeper?
Quite an old post, from 2015, on the Sunday Farmer blog. I shall be in Mumbai, and if I have the opportunity will check on the veracity of his lonesomeness.
https://sundayfarmer.wordpress.com/2015/11/26/mumbais-only-bee-keeper/
07 October 2017
Neonics News
As reported by the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41512791, and you can find the original article here: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6359/109
An Inspector Calls
European Foul Brood was discovered in an apiary less than 3 km from our location. The Bee Inspector gave us the all-clear at Cannizaro Park, adding, ominously, that it was not "if" but "when" EFB arrives in our colonies...
Image credit By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24920366
01 October 2017
As usual, I fail to rest my case
https://honeybeesuite.com/the-queen-excluder-controversy-some-things-never-change/
Completely ineffectual
This year I have been keeping my bees without a Queen excluder. The result is that all the bees are living in the top of the hives and the brood box down below is almost empty. With far more bees in each hive than expected at this time of year, I have not taken off the supers. What next?