Monthly Archives: December 2018

As it’s been so warm lately I have been reluctant to apply the annual oxalic treatment as the bees aren’t clustered so I have no idea how much to apply.  Usually it’s 5cc per seam. I made some fresh solution … Continue reading →

I went on holiday recently and, anticipating correctly a week of foul weather and short days, took with me my colony record cards.  As the colony is led by the queen there is a fresh card for each queen.  I’ve … Continue reading →

Once again we had a meeting of DARG (Devon Apicultural Research Group) at the village hall at Uplowman, near Tiverton.  There were 14 of us plus our guest speaker, Victoria Buswell  (not buzz well!) of Plymouth University.  As usual, we … Continue reading →