Inspection Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/inspection/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:48:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Inspection Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/inspection/ 32 32 2696646 The First Hive Inspection of 2021 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-first-hive-inspection-of-2021/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-first-hive-inspection-of-2021/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:48:15 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35825 With temperatures just about getting to double figures, the sun shining and no wind I decided it was time for the first hive inspection of 2021. The bees and been flying for a couple of days. They’d even looked quite busy for a few minutes at one point. I therefore knew that there were at...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/02/the-first-hive-inspection-of-2021/feed/ 3 35825 A Fera Bee Inspection https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/a-fera-bee-inspection/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/a-fera-bee-inspection/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:35:04 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14492 We had our first visit from a FERA bee inspector yesterday. There has been a recent case of American Foulbrood in the area. American foulbrood (AFB), is a highly infectious and destructive bee disease caused by the spore- forming Paenibacillus larvae ssp. larvae. It is widespread and a huge problem in America, but thankfully fairly rare here in...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/09/a-fera-bee-inspection/feed/ 3 14492 The Trouble with Bees https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/07/the-trouble-with-bees/#respond Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:01:45 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8497 The trouble with bees is that you just never know quite what to expect! Our last inspection was pretty good, all four colonies in all four hives were looking up with queens, eggs and larvae in all of them, no signs of swarming and they were beginning to draw out empty frames and start building...

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