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Have you got somewhere to put a beehive? ... You don't need to become a beekeeper to help support the honey bee!
Under our Room for a hive pilot scheme, if you have somewhere that can safely site a beehive you could help, as beekeepers from North Shropshire will often be looking for places to site a hive.
If you think you have somewhere suitable you can register your interest to allow a hive to be sited there. We can make no promises of course as sites may prove not to be suitable, and the need for sites varies greatly year to year. With your permission we will store your contact details and we can then put an association member in touch with you when they are looking for a new site in that area. You will be helping the honey bee and sharing in their fascinating world.
Please note that this is still only a pilot scheme and the association is merely acting as a facilitator, providing just a notice board to help bring parties together. All arrangements and dealings will and must remain solely a matter between the individual member or members concerned and yourself. Further information will be made available when a member is interested in the potential site that you are offering.
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tracheal mite life cycle found on the Mid Atlantic Apiculture Research Consortium website
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American Foulbrood (AFB) - Perforated and Sunken Cappings
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American Foulbrood (AFB) - Sunken Cappings
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American Foulbrood (AFB) - Ropiness Test
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American Foulbrood (AFB) - Scales in the Bottom of the Cells
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pupal tongue stage
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American Foulbrood (AFB) infected comb
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AFB scale in old comb
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AFB infection, another example of the ropiness test
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Burning an AFB infected colony: the control method applied in the UK
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AFB infection, perforated and sunken cell cappings
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NBU bee inspector inspecting a comb for disease
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Training beekeepers how to check bees for disease
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Paenibacillus larvae (AFB) magnification X1000
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Moist sunken cappings from AFB
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From: Foulbrood Disease of Honey Bees and other common brood disorders (B0087/0313)
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[dropcap]In England and Wales there are two notifiable bee pests, the Small hive beetle and the Tropilaelaps mite, and there are two notifiable bee diseases, American and European foulbrood. If you find signs of a notifiable disease or pest in any of your colonies, you must contact your regional bee inspector or the National Bee Unit (NBU) to request a free inspection of your bees. Failure to do so is an offence under the Bee Diseases and Pest Control Order 2006 (as amended), so do not delay. The legislation is quite clear that mere suspicion is enough, so it is better to be safe than sorry, and you will also be protecting your fellow local beekeepers and their bees.[/dropcap]
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The links down the left and below are to various articles, documentation and websites dealing with the pests and diseases of the honey bee:-
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From: Managing Varroa (BOO92/1213)