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I both bee keep and shoot. I personally think that you may be the ignorant one if you look at the grand scheme of things. I eat all I shoot, wild animals that have had a wild life! not barn fed chickens that have a poor quality of life. I have worked on over 10 shooting estates and have never...

Cheers guys for the re-assurance . Fingers crossed she is still there.

Inspecting one of my most successful hives on Saturday. I found the queen (2 years old) took a while because the marking was wearing off. I had thought that as the mark I had made seemed to be wearing off I would re-mark her to speed inspections up in the future. When I had finished I...

i got 30lb from my spring flow from this hive and I am expecting a little more from this one :)

OSR was taken a long time ago now. all in jars and still not solid which is a surprise.

My little blighter's are filling these supers and i'm getting itchy feet and want to start extracting. currently got 4 supers (3 full and 1 is 1/2 full . ) When I extract it will be all at the same time so i need to pick my time envelope carefully.:hairpull:

in my opinion i think it is total down to the nature of the strain of bee you are working with and their temperament. my best hive is full of nasty little buggers but they work real hard. about a month ago i forgot the smoker and I got abused . pretty quick get away with my tail between my...

Good find . Im sure that would work a treat. . with one of these http://heatedsocksguide.com/heating-pad/

maybe you can use the stuff boilers are insulated with.

I think it would have to be dark for it to really work tbh after all the colour white will glow under uv light, give it a go enrico

I like the sound of this. maybe some form of mini LED that can be attached to your existing tools? like this...

like a mini pop up tent maybe foil lined with an electric blanket in? that's just of the top of my head , any reason why that couldn't work?

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Would something based on the principles of those pop up greenhouses with a heating fan work do you think? Im thinking some kind of foil lined tent with a heater and thermostat. ?

I didn't mean to offend!:sorry: I just feel that people seem to put a downer on swarm stocks when i personally havent really had much trouble with them re-swarming. several weeks seems excessive. maybe i have been very lucky and just get hold of the good types of swarms haha :chillpill:

any ideas Monseigeurbienvenu, what grinds your gears? haha:hairpull:

and non swarming bees? haha but seriously , any thoughts?

Hi all, this is only my second post so i thought i should post a question that could result in something possitive within the industry. I am an Mechanical Design Engineer and have kept bees for a number of years now. both me and my father have had huge enjoyment and my god father runs a...

i'm guessing there is a few opinions on this topic haha

Hi everyone , i am new to the forum but have been beekeeping a number of years now . I currently use commercial hives but was wondering what the most popular hive type in the UK is and why?