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Any predictions on this years heather yields? Mine were down last year in the dry heat, hoping for better this time around. Fingers crossed.

Two of this years purchased mated queens seem to have started off laying in a haphazard pattern with plenty of drone brood mixed in and then settled down into the normal worker only brood pattern. Anyone else noticed this phenomenon?

Trying demaree method this season. Have completed 1st round successfully, but now tempted to do it again on the same colonies. I've read that demaree can be repeated as soon as the top BB is clear of brood, but i'm wondering how important this is? it's only been a couple of weeks since the first...

Complete novice candle maker requiring advice. I am considering using an old slow cooker for melting previously cleaned up wax for candle making. My old slow cooker has just 3 heat settings (low / medium / high) so won't be very adjustable - and i'm not sure how this will relate on the degrees...

If you had to choose between the two ? - for cleaning up old brood frames and reclaiming the wax.

just finished and thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Published in 1983, in a time before Varroa reached the U.K. A nice insight into the life of a bee farmer back in the day. Can anybody recommend anything similar?

Wondering if I should have extra Insurance cover if I sell small quantities of honey via third parties? Currently all I have is the standard insurance you get with BBKA membership.

Cleaning stainless steel extractors / settling tanks etc .. - Apart from using simple cold water, does anybody recommend using anything else?

I use an ABELO creaming machine that has an incorporated heating element. After the heating, the desired rapid cooling of the honey is no problem at this time of year, but in the warmer months it can take many days (even when strapping ice blocks to the outside). Has anybody come up with a good...

I'm a bit mystified by the claim on some honey jar labels as being "organic". I went to the Rowse website and they say that their own organic honey "is from organic agriculture and certified by the Soil Association". I presume from this that they mean that the hives are situated on farms that...

Before I spend any dosh I'm wondering if anybody has used one of these to power a varrox (or similar)?: Suaoki G7 Car Jump Starter Battery 600A Peak with Intelligent Clamps as Flashlight 18000mAh Power Bank for Phone Tablet Laptop Camera, Green

I'm looking for recommendations for some sort of temporary screen. I want to put it up in the back of my van to prevent any bees in the far back of the van from annoying my children (and dog) who will be sitting in the front. Anybody seen a setup like this? Any off the shelf suppliers. It's for...

I've just started looking into getting a vaporiser, but wondered if there might be a problem using these in a poly hive? Anybody recommend particular vaporisers that have been successfully used in poly hives without the heated parts doing damage to the polystyrene?

During this coming winter I want to move one of my hives a distance of about 50 yards / metres. I know of the 3 mile rule, but not sure that this applies in winter when they're clustered?

Can anybody recommend a supplier of reasonably priced non-absorbent FOAM entrance blocks? I only need about a dozen. Alternatively, I might buy a block of foam and cut to size. Anybody else done this?

After reading the advice from the "FOOD SAFETY AND YOUR HONEY" document (from the NLB webpages), I was wondering how many small honey producers, like myself, who sell direct to the public "throughout the year" actually register with their local environmental health officers? So far, I have not...

I would like to design and produce my own jar labels. I have tried printing some test labels from my computer via an old Epson colour inkjet printer. I am using a free bit of software for the design called Avery Designpro 5. The plain white sticky labels I have used are from a company called aa...

I am thinking of a design for my own honey jar labels. I have seen other labels that are very specific about the address of the supplier, right down to name of house and street number of house and post code. How specific does it need to be? I can see that if you live at a nice sounding rural...