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Been using them in Hampshire for years! Came in about ten years ago I think but I have been retired for 20 so who knows, can barely...

I get notifications to my phone of post to threads I've contributed to. The "notification panel" on my android phone truncates the...

OK. A bit of social history. As some of you may know, in a previous life I was a police officer. In 1980 I took on a country beat for...

What I would do would be wait for a sunny day & move the hive 2-3m and replace with empty hive. Wait 10min for the foragers to return to...

Our first lot of broad beans have been out for a while and seem fine. Second sowing still in pots

I bet they start suited up but once they realise the bees are ok they strip off and ... Film

I long ago came to the conclusion that I must still be growing, because every year it's a bit further to get up from kneeling down!

Was it the liner that was black one side and brown the other? They ALWAYS send us double the amount. Used it on shed roofs, bird houses...

Used those in the past. Worth running gorilla tape round all the joints and strapping the whole thing down on either side with a ratchet...

Already posted my disaster. Two down out of four. New beekeeper near me lost his one and only too. My belief is the really warm autumn...

As a serious woody I use chainsaws, clearing saws, brush cutters etc a lot. I always use 'Aspen' which is an eco friendly fuel that does...

It is so great that the forum is expanding across the world, Welcome :welcome:

I too am for Stihl, just make sure the battery fits other tools too, an instantvap for example 😄

Funny you should mention that. Just yesterday I placed QEs on top of my hives ready for later in the season. It occurred to me that I...

Our beds are at last starting to be less claggy when it rains due to the amount of compost we have added in the last seven years and all...