Video Making Sugar Syrup Bee Feed
A simple video showing how to make up Sugar Syrup feed for you bees
Also a free feeder for you bees.
how to make 1:1 feed and 2:1 feed for Spring & Winter feeding
Video Preventing or treating Nosema in Honey Bees
The are two very distinct strains of Nosema
Nosema Apis you get staining on the frames and also the front of the hive caused by dysentery. This will cause the hive to dwindle away if left untreated going in to winter and could result in the death of the colony , In the spring time the hive may not build up.
Nosema ceranae There are no real signs your bees are infected but the effects are the same as above
Two Nosema species have been identified in honey bees in the UK, Nosema apis and more recently the Asian species Nosema ceranae. Both are highly specialised parasitic Microsporidian fungal pathogens. Nosema spp. invade the digestive cells lining the mid-gut of the bee, there they multiply rapidly and within a few days the cells are packed with spores, the resting stage of the parasite. When the host cell ruptures, it sheds the spores into the gut where they accumulate in masses, to be later excreted by the bees. If spores from the excreta are picked up and swallowed by another bee, they can germinate and once more become active, starting another round of infection and multiplication.
The video here shows a very effective treatment that i have used to good effect for many years
SHB Traps
Small Hive Beetle has arrived in Italy. If not already here it will be on its way to a hive near you soon.
We are already on the guard and are using Beetle Blaster traps filled with oil. you can buy theses now in the UK from Mann Lake UK there only a few pounds
Instrumental Insemination in Bee Breeding Course
Our last course with spaces left will be 1st - 2nd August 2015
If you book before 31/11/14 you will only pay £399 and not the full £499.
We use the latest Schley instruments and there are unlimited Virgin Queens for each student that are yours to take home at the end of the course.