Disease Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/disease/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Wed, 13 May 2015 12:29:46 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Disease Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/disease/ 32 32 2696646 EFB Disease Alert https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/05/efb-disease-alert/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/05/efb-disease-alert/#comments Wed, 13 May 2015 12:24:16 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=19281 Just as we thought the bees in our out apiary were doing well, we get this EFB Disease alert from the National Bee Unit. The bees and survived well over the winter and we were pleased with the fact that we had been able to split them early to hopefully pre-empt any swarming. They have loads...

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