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I use an old Sainsbury plastic shopping basket

:pthats good news, we'll start tucking in now then

Thanks for the advice, have just used extra virgin olive oil and it came out at 71. Have just tested two very small buckets of honey , one came out at 20%, the other at just under 21%. Do you think the 20% will be ok to jar up and the 21% ok to use for making mead,

hi guys i got to go out so thought i would ask this now and catch up later. Ive got myself a brix refractometer from ebay (hong kong) but it needs calibrating. says to use dioptric oil but have none with it, also mentions distilled water but being a bit thick the instructions dont seem to...

I can say without a doubt that he definately has had an inspection of his hives this week, can't say how I know as this would put the person who told me in a rather awkward position shall we say . Tracy

Not sure how true this is, but a reliable source informs me, that the Environmental Agency visited Weald Farm this morning. It would appear our friend who has caused so much controversy has been ordered to destroy all of his bees. Apparently they are "hybrids" and potentially are very...

Is it normal for bees to start storing pollen in the supers, have checked our hives today and one of them has a fair amount of pollen in one of the two supers on it. There is plenty of room in the brood box so was a bit unsure as to why they would be doing this.

i got a phone call yesterday telling me of a swarm of bees in a park local to me. we have just split a hive so have no spare kit at the moment so i made a makeshift nuc box out of cardboard boxes and put 5 frames in there. got to the park expecting another false alarm (been called to bumble...

looks like she's also in the middle of picture 3655

no, the queen is not clipped .

Don't think they have swarmed as yet, there seems to be the same amount of bees in the hive as a week ago. Think it may just be the weather conditions that are holding them back at the moment.

Have just checked both of our hives and have a problem with one of them. Hive is full of bees, has brood at all stages although only seen a small patch of eggs, the problem is there are 5 capped queen cells and one uncapped but try as we might we cannot seem to find the queen. What to do now ...

i had 2 hives from thornes around december so i emailed thornes and they got back to me very quickly. mine are white plastic and was told the bad batch were yellow but email them yourself to double check.

ive just been informed that the so called grammer you are all banging on about should be spelt grammar so youve all failed your english exam. that comes from my son the facebook grammar nazi :banghead: as you see i take no notice of him

hi guys i havent got a question, just wanted to share our joy. this is our second year in beekeeping and today we sited our second hive of bees. our first hive is building up nicely and getting a second is fantastic, hope you all have a great year. :party: