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title says it all i need to cut a couple of poly nuc lids into travel lids any tips and which mesh should i use and where to source? thanks in advance

i am probably going to have another go this season as someone i know particularly wants some cut comb, however, i am not doing it with huge enthusiasm we get a lot of set honey in spring with OSR etc around. Presume people wait for summer flow for CC in the main if this is an issue in spring?

and some are bursting....10 BIAS in UBB in two colonies...flow strengthening now so supers on couple of new (unmarked) queens which always surprises me

yesterday pretty sure it is a european hornet but was definitely in front of hives trying to catch bees and saw it eating a wasp will try and upload video

i dont have one but am sweltering

every time i go back to it, it seems to be around 0.7% out! anyone experienced refractors not holding their setting etc? wonder if i need to replace

a mate with a brewery wants to use some of my honey for a brew....again am i better giving him summer stuff that takes longer to set than spring which may set sooner as may have some OSR? i think the answer is yes but wondered....

that would have clinched it

has anyone been asked to supply these before? i get the benefit for a hotel to have single use, but feels like theyd be more trouble than benefit in terms of filling, labelling etc (though there is the Coleman's '...but by the mustard left on the plate' factor) any experience?

havent seen him for a while

found a large grass snake trapped in a wire cloche yesterday..... not sure how long it had been trapped but necrosis visible at the pinch point and flies, ants etc around this point and it smelt of rotting flesh anyway, released the poor thing and cut away the wire (not a v nice job) i...

how do people usually handle clearer boards in a demaree configuration? 2 mis supers need clearing as do a couple at the top

i have a couple of strong single brood (11 frame) national colonies surplus to requirements in East Sussex for sale one is an overwintered marked queen and the other is a this year marked queen and both doing well. message me if interested

i get to this stage each year when there is a lot of OSR around and other nectar that 'sets' super frames capped and need to take off to spin before setting but desire to leave them on until back end of spring so they capture setting honey and it doesnt mix with summer i end up spinning...

blackthorn finished some time ago....OSR came out a week or two ago and now, quite late for here, hawthorn is just coming out are others seeing the cool spring delay the spring flow in your areas?

is that a problem or not particularly.....

i have a couple of overwintered nucs for sale. They were going to the bee fair for auction but i now can't make the event! Overwintered, brood in all stages covering at least 4 frames and two frames of stores, locally raised queens which are marked, performing very well and treated for varroa...

ordinarily i only MQ when i know she is mated and laying however, today, doing a quick inspection in a new location, i found a large, unmarked queen in a strong colony and marked her weird as two weeks ago, the yellow marked q was in this colony as an over wintered nuc, last week she was also...

packed up :( don't suppose Lidl will have them again until summer fruit ready for jam making unless anyone has seen them or knows of a similar size alternative?

thought i had enough brood foundation, turns out i dont on the hunt...best deals?