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I have been asked by a resident's association to look after their couple of beehives this year after the previous beekeeper gave up beekeeping at the end of last year. I'll be paying for all costs including treatments/feed/wax/extraction/jarring/labelling etc during the year, and it's a bit of...

I was asked today by someone buying our honey if we ever supply it in squeezy bottles as they'd much prefer the handiness of them compared to the 1/2 lb glass jar we use now. Does anyone here use them? If so, where can they be sourced, or should we just stick with the jars?

Would there be any advantage in adding some thymol mix to the small amount of water used when making up some sugar bricks for emergency winter feeding? We've moved away from fondant as the shipping costs make it very expensive.

I'm pressing out my heather honey and this is happening to some of the frames, more than I would like. I'm guessing it's fermenting, even though the cells were capped. This frame is one of the worst ones. Some open cells have bubbles inside them too. Is there any way of rescuing this situation...

If I jar my heather honey or chunk honey in 8oz hexagonal jars, is it safe enough to put them into the deep freeze at -21 degrees or is there a risk that the glass will crack with the sudden change of temperature? And could the lids begin to rust in the damp environment?

I jarred some heather honey from last year a while back, and after being in the jar for a few months, some clear honey has separated down to the bottom. The whole bucket went like this, while other buckets didn't do this when jarred. Does anyone know why this might have happened? It looked...

I'm after treating some of my maisemore nucs with the InstantVap. How long does it take for the phoretic varroa to all drop to the bottom board after vaping with oxalic acid? Would they all be dead after 24 hours or over the course of a few days? I want to check the count before moving the trays...