http://www.hertsbees.org.uk/newsletters/ en Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:24:49 +0100 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox 2.1.9 http://www.hertsbees.org.uk/newsletters/november_2009.html <div class="article-summary"> <div class="first callout-container"> <div class="callout"> <div class="callout-content"> <div class="pagelet titled i1 o last-item"> <h4 class="title pagelet-title"><span class="in"><span style="font-family: 'Handwriting - Dakota', sans-serif; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px;"><font color="#FFCB5A">Herts Bees</font></span><br /> </span></h4> <div class="pagelet-body"> <div class="RichTextElement"> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div><p><font face="Arial" size="5"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><font><font><font color="#F4CC70"><b>We've moved....</b></font></font></font></span></font></p><p>The new website can be found by <a href="http://hertsbees.squarespace.com/newsletters/" style="text-decoration: none;"><b>clicking here</b></a>. </p><p>Eventually all of these newsletters will be moved to the new site and it will adopt the www.hertsbees.org.uk domain name. But for now click on the link or sit back and wait 10 seconds and you be taken there. </p> </div> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:50 +0000 http://www.hertsbees.org.uk/newsletters/november_2009.html http://www.hertsbees.org.uk/newsletters/may_2009.html <div class="article-summary"> <div class="first callout-container"> <div class="callout"> <div class="callout-content"> <div class="pagelet titled i1 o"> <h4 class="title pagelet-title"><span class="in"><span style="text-align: left; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Handwriting - Dakota'; font-size: 32px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Herts Bees</span></span></span><br /> </span></h4> <div class="pagelet-body"> <div class="RichTextElement"> <div> <p><br /> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pagelet titled i2 e"> <h4 class="title pagelet-title"><span class="in"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To do this month</span></span></h4> <div class="pagelet-body"> <div class="RichTextElement"> <div> <p><span style="color: rgb(166, 75, 60);"></span></p> <p><span style="line-height: 10px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(129, 64, 1);">May – you should be inspecting weekly by now <span style="color: rgb(120, 66, 21); line-height: normal;">–<span style="color: rgb(129, 64, 1); line-height: 10px;"> swarming has started early this year. Thoroughly inspect all of the brood. If any of the comb is old then start to work it to the outside so that it can be replaced with foundation placed on the outside of the brood nest. Try and replace a third of it each year. Start by removing outer frames that are full of last years crystalised honey <span style="color: rgb(120, 66, 21); line-height: normal;">–<span style="color: rgb(129, 64, 1); line-height: 10px;"> the bees won't use it anyway. Add supers (they can fill in a week at this time of year) to ensure that there is plenty of space. Congestion is the main cause of swarming. If you plan to expand your apiary then have spare hives at the ready for a real or artificial swarm.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pagelet titled i3 o"> <h4 class="title pagelet-title"><span class="in">Bee Facts</span></h4> <div class="pagelet-body"> <div class="RichTextElement"> <div> <p><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(115, 66, 18);"><span><b>Varroa Resistant Bees<br /> </b></span>We've all heard rumours of resistant bees, but not really believed it. These bees do exist. It seems they can detect varroa in sealed brood, which they de-cap, eject the baby mites and re-seal. Are your bees resistant ? The things to look for on the varroa screen are: 1) a very low varroa mortality count, 2) lots of fine silver grey dust. At higher magnification this can be seen to be made up of the transparent bodies of tiny infant mites.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(115, 66, 18); font-family: Arial;"><span><b>The Value of Bees<br /> </b></span>The value of the bees' services to the UK economy is estimated at £200m a year. The retail value of what they pollinate is valued closer to £1bn.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pagelet titled i4 e"> <h4 class="title pagelet-title"><span class="in">Wanted / For Sale</span></h4> <div class="pagelet-body general-index"> <div><!-- sandvox.GeneralIndex --> <ul> <li class="i1 o"><a href="http://www.hertsbees.org.uk/newsletters/november_2009.html" title="Latest newsletter"><span class="in">Latest newsletter</span></a></li> <li class="i2 e last-item"><a href="http://www.hertsbees.org.uk/newsletters/may_2009.html" title="May 2009"><span class="in">May 2009</span></a></li></ul><!-- /sandvox.GeneralIndex --></div> </div> </div> <div class="pagelet titled i5 o last-item"> <h4 class="title pagelet-title"><span class="in">BeeKeepers Quarterly?</span></h4> <div class="pagelet-body"> <div class="RichTextElement"> <div> <p><span style="color: rgb(129, 64, 1); font-family: Arial;">The BeeKeepers Quarterly can now be seen on the web at www.bkq.org.uk This will be a free, try it and see service to beekeepers for the March &amp; June 2009 editions. There will be a small charge to subscribe after this time.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div><p><span style="color: rgb(244, 204, 112); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px;"><b>Editorial</b></span></p><p>April has ended warm and dry. The oilseed rape is in full bloom and colonies are very busy. Supers are being filled and swarming has started - I received the first phone call from a concerned member of the public on 20th April. …</p> </div> Fri, 01 May 2009 05:32:41 +0100 http://www.hertsbees.org.uk/newsletters/may_2009.html