Recent content by inthewoods

cool night...

the feeder is on sale seconds .no cover ..£19.89.plus post .i use them on 8 frame paynes nucs.the feeder sits flat on the frames the bees can not walk under it with bottom bee space.only found this out after taking it of and found a few dead bees .so did a mod on it .to lift it up enough so...

right next to osr.....

no scouts but those Duke of Edinburgh's Award kids are sniffing around ...

i would of dug that floor up .you never no whats under it ..very nice job...

not just bees i like to be outdoors .lucky that i live out in the sticks .nowing what to do if something gos wrong and i no longer need to ask . being stopped by locals who want honey and ask how the bees are doing .not how im doing.trying to explain to someone you dont have room in garden for...

i had the same .dont mind a jar of honey of you .but not the prep work for it ..glad they have gone..

might be my eyes or the photo .but is the entrance blocked .it looks like something .as i say it might be my old age ..

you can smell them as you walk up to the mill .might be the never ending wind and rain .i like the smell ..

couple of fields near me..

thanks .good to no before i try ..

i use a thin bleach on mine .then wash it of with wallpaper steamer .stripper.i give the inside a quick steam aswell..light sanding if needed..i would use pressure washer if i had one..forgot no bees in mine ..

30th of march by me ..near stafford..

i have had swarms turn up as high as a pallet.as for 3.miles .i moved 2 just less than a mile .none went back .but did move everything away from thare last home .except one hive about 10 yards away..and the weather was as it is now cold windy raining..that might be why ..or its better forage...

thanks....