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Hi all I have noticed that all my hives are doing well in themselves however there has been no honey put in the supers, there is plenty of brood and the queens are laying well, some hives I had to split, Yet there has not been honey in the supers to remove yet in previous years I have...

Hi all I have started to replace some of my lost equipment and ive brought some rapid feeders from P****, I have noticed some people paint their feeders with white paint, what paint do you use as I have tired before and the paint remained '' sticky'' for a long time after..

Hi All I have decided to downsize the amount of apiaries I run so I am offering a out apiary in the CM4 postcode, it would suit someone from the Chelmsford area ( the local EBKA will be contacted also) the site can take 3 hives, the landowner has a 14 x 12 which he has paid for and to remain...

Hi I have received a call from a ex beek mate, there is a cut out in Benfleet Essex, if anybody is interested. they are in a single story building ( house extension) inside a flat roof. they only moved in this year and the owner needs it gone soon as he has build work on that part of the...

Hi all After much discussion with the boss, other half, i have decided to move all our bees to west sussex. Does any body know of a landowner looking for bees? I have 18 hives which i llan to move in the winter... TB

Hi all I use a roofers blow torch and yesterday disaster stuck, the blow torch fell from its resting place on to my shed, the result was total right off of two sheds containing all my spare equipment and half my main shed badly damaged. the fire service did a great job trying to save what...

Hi fellow beeks I were thinking about the poss of going double brood boxes, what are the cons and pros? I were thinking one of the pros is less likely to swarm as they have more room for the brood? constructive comments welcome.. TB

Hi all Ive got some honey in a 30lb bucket, ive tested the water content with a refractometer I have, it is currently at 22 %. Does anyone have a idea to lower the water content :hairpull:

Evening all. I have just received my skydive video, its on a player called Cyperlink 10 power dvd, I can only watch it on this player or though a dvd player, how can I edit it and play it though other media players like *tube?? TB

evening all I have made some candles that I wish to sell via 2 of my outlets, I have priced the up and now hold a small but growing stock ready, the next problem is labels?! where do other members get their labels from/ do you use labels? TM

I need some help about my honey. I have jarred up 70-80 jars of honey and stored them for a month or so. I placed them in the bian marie to '' un'' set it. the current batch of 32 jars I have just tired to label them and noticed 12 have what looks like water in the top. I have not checked...

Hi all I've commited myself in jumping from a plane for the charity Help for Heroes, I and the charity would welcome any support from any members here. Via the just giving website, the jump is scheduled for 04/01/2014, my 34th birthday. http://www.justgiving.com/chris-harvey6 I hope you...

Hi all I have a mass of beeswax, about 50kgs roughly, that I want to clean up for candles. Ive tired using a steam wax extractor but it gets very messy with the wax ending up in the bottom with the hot water and boiling over. Ive also tried using saucepans but have trouble getting the...

Hi all What is the difference between rearing queens from your best queen and buying a ''breeding queen''??

Hi all Ive got a problem with my hives. I want to test some bees for nosema. Could anyone help me by conducting the test on my bees?? Thanks

Hi all Been a long time since ive posted, admin if this is in the wrong place feel free to move it. I brought aload of second hand commercial hives with bees from a late beekeeper, ive removed the bees and melt the wax out. im now left with something like 20-25 brood boxes and 40-50...

Hi ive got 5 commercial hives for sale WITHOUT bees, these come as follows: Solid floor Brood box with frames ( some have clean foundation) Queen Excluder Two supers with drawn comb Crown board/cover board roof These are ready to pick up now, your's for £80. need to be sold by the...

HI I got a call yesterday from a landowner who has my bees on their site, they stated that there was a swarm on their garage wall. So of i went hoping for some bees to find to my horror that they were moving into the garage walls ( they have a wedding on sat) :dupe: . So i tried...

Hi all just got a call from a member of the public, these where found in the loft, ive not been round and had a look. However im puzzled over what bee? it could be.