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Bee health: the treatment (or not) of bee pests and diseases Moderators: bilbehr, Barbara, stevecook172001, WileyHunter, moderators Users browsing this forum: None		Goto page Previous 1, 2
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	No Varroa in the Apiary?	3	NewForester	9362	Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:21 pm Jon
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	Icing Sugar Varoa Treatment.	16	HowieNZ	34349	Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:49 am zaunreiter
	Ever heard of AFB in hTBH?	16	Che Guebuddha	23835	Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:03 pm madasafish
	Varroa Biological Control	3	HowieNZ	8924	Sun Sep 28, 2014 7:38 pm Che Guebuddha
	Unidentified poo on hive floor - wax moth?	8	coates53	15322	Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:13 pm coates53
	The Asiatic Hornet arrives in Galicia	0	SimonT	12475	Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:58 pm SimonT
	Moved: The Hartman Grid Revisited	20	CharlieBnoobee	1530	Sun Aug 24, 2014 1:54 pm AlchemyBees
	Which varroa treatment???	11	twinklekat	26346	Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:58 am zaunreiter
	Dead and dieing bees around my TBH's	8	semiautonomous	18027	Mon Jul 14, 2014 5:03 pm GrayGuy
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	Small-eyed "young" bees	3	IanT	9686	Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:50 pm IanT
	Asian Giant Hornet invading the Balkans	3	agapetos	10995	Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:28 pm Manuel Robert
	Earwigs?	8	rose883	33006	Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:40 pm biobee
	Vespa velutina (Japanese Hornet) Prevention - Europe	8	EricConcE	18559	Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:02 pm Lacewing
	Hopguard II - good news or not?	7	David11	20004	Thu May 29, 2014 8:44 am nis
	What is in this 'wax moth deterrent'?	2	nannybee	8483	Tue Apr 15, 2014 2:26 pm zaunreiter
	Lost bee or DWV?	14	Broadwell	26269	Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:36 pm Broadwell
	Norm's TBH Sugar Powder Applicator	9	Norm	23379	Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:08 am nickspoon
	[ Poll ] Steps in the right direction!	3	Gary	11101	Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:49 pm fdbka
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Quality Top Bar Hives by Andrew Vidler

Conserving wild bees

Research suggests that bumble bee boxes have a very low success rate in actually attracting bees into them. We find that if you create an environment where first of all you can attract mice inside, such as a pile of stones, a drystone wall, paving slabs with intentionally made cavities underneath, this will increase the success rate.

Most bumble bee species need a dry space about the size a football, with a narrow entrance tunnel approximately 2cm in diameter and 20 cm long. Most species nest underground along the base of a linear feature such as a hedge or wall. Sites need to be sheltered and out of direct sunlight.

There is a spectacular display of wild bee hotels here

More about bumblebees and solitary bees here

Information about the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)