In message <[log in to unmask]>, Glyn Davies <[log in to unmask]> writes >Greetings Alyn, > >Buckfast Hives have white brood chambers, brown supers and pink roofs. > Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read! >There is no point in coordinating treatment for Varroa. We tried it in >Devon (we're a few years ahead of you with varroa remember). Yes - we expect the little bug***s any time now. >1. Every beekeeper has a different time of convenience. >2. In Devon and probably in Lancashire there are as many non-association >members that are almost impossible to contact. Too right, but we expect many non-members to be amongst the first to give up once their colonies get zapped - is this your experience? >I'm surprised you, nor anyone else so far, has made a comment about the >illegal use of Klartan. Sorry - ignorance to blame - was under the impression that Klartan might be technically legal if imported personally from another country where sale was permitted. -- Alyn W. Ashworth Lancashire & North-West Bee-Keepers' Association. UK. (but I don't speak on their bee-half)