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Interesting Cases: Laparoscopic Surgery on Dog

Mar 30, 2018 | Case Studies

Parkside offers laparoscopic surgery not only for our own clients but also on a referral basis from other Vets in the area. Laparoscopic spays are now available to most dogs weighing more than 5kg. The main benefits of this new and exciting procedure is a...

Bee Blog – October – The Last of The Honey

Oct 17, 2016 | Bee Blog

I managed to harvest a little runny honey from one of the hives, as you can see from the photo. It’s less sweet and more floral in flavour compared to the spring honey. Now I’m not harvesting any more honey I shall put a varroa mite treatment in each hive....

Bee Blog – August / September – The fruits of the labour!

Sep 18, 2016 | Bee Blog

Congratulations to Alistair, his soft set honey win first in the 9 jars of home produced honey, labelled for sale at the Scottish Open National Show, held at Dundee Flower and Food festival at Camperdown Park early in September. This was the honey he harvested after...

Bee Blog – July – Capturing The Swarm

Jul 28, 2016 | Bee Blog

The bees are swarming, going off with a new queen to make a new colony, so I need to capture the swarm and find it new hive, otherwise they will be lost. Below you can see the swarm which was wrapped in the old sheet, transported in the cardboard box and then...

Bee Blog – June – Harvesting The Honey

Jun 30, 2016 | Bee Blog

The Oil Seed Rape has stopped flowering so Alistair, one of our large animal vets, has taken what honey his bees have collected. This is because this honey sets quickly, so if it is left in the hive then it is difficult to extract without destroying the honeycomb. The...