When setting up a swarm trap there is always a chance that birds might make a nest in it. So to avoid this I stapled chicken wire to the ins...

After reading this thread on biobees forum I decided to make landing boards on all my hives. At first I thought landing boards being a bad ...

The garage is jammed with bee hives. There is literaly no space to go around them. Even though I first planned to varnish the hives and then...

UK 'environment minister' looks like he will vote AGAINST a European ban on neonicotinoids! Please sign this petition before the 25...

I have found very cheap hinges and decided to hinge all the hive roofs, and instead of lifting the roof I can simply open it like a door :) ...

Abstract We document the ability of a population of honey bee colonies to survive in France without Varroa suppression measures. We comp...