Harmless Plastic Excluders – Important Message from Thornes

This message has been received from Gill Smith at Thornes IMPORTANT NOTICE It has come to our attention that some of our Harmless Plastic Excluders purchased in the last six months may be faulty. A percentage of them have slots which are very slightly smaller than the recommended size and bees may become stuck. Please … Continue reading Harmless Plastic Excluders – Important Message from Thornes

Nosema testing April 9th 2011

Bees over-wintering are mostly confined to their hives and this crowding together with the extended life of workers provides conditions for the build up of nosema spores in the abdomen.  Find out more about Nosema on Beebase. We are running a nosema testing workshop on Saturday, April 9th starting at 9.30 and closing at about 3.00 pm.  This … Continue reading Nosema testing April 9th 2011