David Evans

Feeling Helpless About Surging Chronic Virus

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A bee infected with CBPV

Frightening Bee Virus Is Aptly Named Recent Reader Poll Thank you to those kind readers who responded to my poll about the greatest challenges facing you as beekeepers. The issues of swarming and failed/missing queens topped the poll, but for a long time, the leader was Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV), which ended up in … Read more

Science Vs. Experience

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The Kyles of Bute from Anchorage House

I love science. I’ve even got a chemistry degree, but don’t ask me about it because that was over thirty years ago. As soon as I left university, I went to the City to do accountancy. It’s hard to deny the importance of science in our lives. The scientific method; the testing of a hypothesis … Read more