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Making sure you have crossed before your "mate" places you in a commanding position

Agreed. Why would anybody try to extract heather honey? Use starter strips in the super. Cut out the comb into broad stripes and pack into jars. Finish topping up the jars with the drips from the frames

A truly brilliant deduction, and it's England that should be trying to break free from Scotland.so they can repulse any invading midges as undesirable aliens

And dilute jeyes fluid or similar on the corner of the shed

Is "requiem" a freudian slip?

Thanks for the source. Read all the quotes

Are all flying bees worthy?

Does Austrailia allow any kind of imported packages of bees?????? Or are Aussies slow learners?????

This queen initiation ceremony reminds me of my school days initiation ceremony enjoyed by pupils on first day.

don't forget to fit the lightning conductor

Just a simple but most useful idea. A lot of us must have novel,good ideas which we could share.

Is treated wood sawdust safe?

Organic honey-now that is a proper joke

When I am holding a frame my index fingers are under the frame lugs and my thumbs are pressing down on the tops of the lugs. How do you maintain a gap if you are holding a heavy frame. Are you pressing on the side bars?

Did that idea come to you as you were rolling in the snow

Porter bee escapes had their faults but I remember when we had nothing else

My untreated hive has been doing fine for years. If I had treated it from the time I got it until now, could some expert tell me how much better(or worse) it would be today. A 5% error each way would be acceptable.

Two hands holding forked stick, Box of bees under arm. Nicely on ley line. Tripped--box fell and burst open--got well stung--DON'T mention ley lines to me.

How much salt for 5 litres. I have many sizes of spoons