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    Beekeeping issues, beekeeping queries, beekeeping thoughts

    1. Everything and anything

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      Discussing serious beekeeping, Scottish or otherwise

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    2. Starting out

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      Interested in taking up the craft? Recently started? See if someone will help you out ...

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    3. Native honeybees

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      Interested in Apis mellifera mellifera? Want to breed and conserve our honeybee heritage?

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    4. Bee health

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      Varroa, Nosema, foulbrood, acarine, viruses ..

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    5. Queen raising

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      Raising queens in a controlled manner, grafting, cell raising, Apideas, mating apiaries.

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    6. Scaling up and marketing

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      Selling honey? Marketing, food standards? Semi- or fully commercial already?

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    7. Alternative beekeeping

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      Top bar hives, Warres, skeps, Stewartons, you name it!

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    8. Bee blether

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      For those less-focussed discussions where keeping on-topic doesn't matter

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    9. Your Favourite Links

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      Do you have any favourite beekeeping links you'd like to share? Suggested by the members, let's give it a try ....

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  2. Beekeepers beekeeping Threads / Posts  Last Post

    Beekeepers united

    1. Local associations

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      Local help, local action. Just discuss general local association issues here, or you can have a separate area for your own association.

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      1. East of Scotland Beekeepers' Association,
      2. Edinburgh and Midlothian Beekeepers' Association,
      3. The Hebrides!,
      4. Helensburgh and District Beekeepers Association,
      5. Inverness Beekeepers Association,
      6. Lanarkshire Beekeepers Association,
      7. Lochaber Beekeepers Association,
      8. Mull Beekeepers Association,
      9. Peeblesshire Beekeepers' Association,
      10. West Linton Beekeepers Association,
      11. Western Galloway Beekeeping Association,
      12. Polkemmet Beekeeping Association,
      13. Orkney Beekeepers Association

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    2. Local Association Secretaries discussion

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      The business of running an LA. Suggestions, queries, chat from, for and between those managing LAs. How do you do it?

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    3. Scottish Beekeepers Association

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      Beekeeping at the national level. Suggestions? Queries?

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    4. The Special Place

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      An area for private groups to discuss special issues and topics. Members need to be logged in to see their groups.

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    1. Exchange and mart

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      Spare equipment? Raising nucs of local bees?

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    2. Beekeeping and the environment

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      Habitat loss, agrochemicals, GM crops, climate change. Please don't get personal.

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      1. Over the edge

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    3. Beekeeper education

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      Taking beekeeping exams? Seeking support? Try here ....

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    4. For the public

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      Swarms, bees behaving badly, queries? Try asking a beekeeper here

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