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The Apiarist
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The Apiarist
@The_Apiarist
Beekeeper in Scotland. In my spare time I was a scientist. Now I write and talk. https://t.co/tYsyuDLP9w
Scotland Katılım Ocak 2014
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New post - Climate change and beekeeping
How will climate change impact bees and beekeeping? Flooded apiaries and poor queen mating might be the least of our problems. Don't think it won't happen ... it already is. theapiarist.org/climate-change…
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A damning indictment of the UK honey industry ... >95% of honey sold by retailers and supermarkets in the UK was 'suspicious'. Honey tested from beekeepers was genuine. The testing used DNA metagenomic analysis to detect syrup-adulterated honey, simila... musings.theapiarist.org/2024/11/10/a-d…
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New post for sponsors
How is fake or adulterated honey identified? How do the fraudsters escape detection, and what novel methods might allow adulterated honey to be identified in the future?
theapiarist.org/fake-news/
#beekeeping #honey #localhoney
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The Apiarist retweetledi
The French National Beekeeping Union has produced guidance on choosing genuine honey.
Three golden rules...
1. Favor local producers
2. Avoid imported honey, especially from countries known for massive fraud
3. Avoid blended honey from several countries
unaf-apiculture.info/actualites/com…
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These are wonderful prints ... and this particular one is one of my favourites and looks great in my office 😃
Richard Shimell@shimellprints
I haven’t had much time for printing lately, and this was the first go in the studio in my new house. Such a delight after months in a utility room, where winding a print through the press blocked the door, and previously flat surfaces seemed to have developed hollows. 😁
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@herrbartlett1 @britishbee No condensation if there's a big block of insulation over the top ... which also fixes the heat retention issue. Here's one from midwinter ...
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The Apiarist retweetledi
Monday 21st October is National Honey Day. The BBKA would like to celebrate the delicious diversity of local UK honey bought directly from local beekeepers.
#honey #localhoney
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Where is the writing about the highs and lows of beekeeping, the emotion, the satisfaction and the disappointments?
theapiarist.org/apiary-tales/
#beekeeping
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@VitaBeeHealth Credit where credit's due ... it was first sequenced from mites in '04 (doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.…), from bees in '06 (doi.org/10.1128/jvi.80…), and by many others since. This Iraqi isolate is 95% identical to a UK virus from 2010 doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.…
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#Knowyourenemy. Researchers have sequenced the complete genome of that scourge of #honeybees since the arrival of #varroa: deformed wing virus (#DWV). Where might this lead? journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.112…
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Undertakers and hygienic bees are important contributors to social immunity and the health of your colonies. What do they do, and how do they do it?
theapiarist.org/undertakers-hy…
#beekeeping
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Old post (I forgot to announce it ...)
How can the waggle dance be used to infer important details - like forage or nest site availability - about the environment our bees occupy?
theapiarist.org/dancing-girls/
... and a new post for sponsors on feeding pollen 😀
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Beekeeping cold turkey, writer's block and some autumn thoughts on what determines when brood rearing stops and the winter bees take over?
theapiarist.org/pollen-and-win…
#beekeeping #winter #pollen
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The 'not beekeeping' season is protracted in temperate latitudes, but there are still a lot of bee-related things to do.
theapiarist.org/beekeeping-in-…
#beekeeping
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Drones 'smell' different to workers. Analysis of these odours suggest ways in which the 'scent of a man' could contribute to drone eviction in the autumn, and the establishment of drone congregation areas for queen mating.
theapiarist.org/scent-of-a-man/
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The end of the season starts with the summer honey harvest, miticide treatment and feeding colonies. That's a lot to do, and I'd recommend you don't move house at the same time.
theapiarist.org/the-summer-hon…
#beekeeping
PS Forgot to post this
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What does Varroa eat? Recent research shows that mites feed on haemolymph, not the fat body, of developing pupae. Does this matter, and what has it got to do with cake?
theapiarist.org/blood-sucking-…
#beekeeping
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@britishbee No need for a water spray this Spring and Summer 😉. I did more inspections in the rain than any season I remember.
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New post for sponsors
Amitraz (Apivar) resistance, how and when it occurs, an explanation for the patchy distribution of resistance and the implications for practical beekeeping.
theapiarist.org/amitraz-resist…
#beekeeping #theonlygoodmiteisadeadmite
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Don't put up with bad-tempered bees. Re-queen them, either with a purchased queen or one you have reared. There are simple ways to improve your stocks that yield long-term benefits.
theapiarist.org/simple-stock-i…
#beekeeping #localhoney
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