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Non-Treatment Sanity Check

7th October 2025 by Steve Donohoe
cartoon drawing of two beekeepers and a nucleus colony

Personally, I am becoming alarmed at the degree to which there is a shift in the way beekeepers view the rather drastic step of not treating their bees for varroa infestation. I feel similarly about the rapid rise of a certain new political party, but I can’t discuss that here. Have normal folks lost their … Read more

Categories Hive Health & Diseases Tags treatments, Varroa, viruses 3 Comments

BBKA Winter Survival 2024-25

30th September 2025 by Steve Donohoe
Over Wintering Smith Hives (Denrosa)

There is a good write-up in the October 2025 BBKA¹ News, by Clare McGettigan, giving some headlines from their survey, which was carried out in partnership with COLOSS². I understand that a much more in-depth analysis, incorporating results from other countries too, will become available in due course. For now, I will be passing on … Read more

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