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Isn't shipping free if you can pick it up from Murray en route as he heads down to his Herefordshire sites? I was thinking of meeting him on the A74 and saving myself the postage next year

Like everyone else, I'm faced sometimes with the bees refusing to work fresh foundation in supers, regardless of how well developed and teeming the supers above might be. I usually leave the QE off for a decent while to allow Queen Footprint Pheromone etc to disseminate more readily and I don't...

Genius!

I don't get the fuss about Seeley's books, read Honeybee Democracy and the one on bee-lining and he kinda... drones on in a v dry way. The new Stevd Donohoe/Paul Horton book is cracking!

I did it once, but I think I git away with it #don'tmentionthewar

You can, I was v pleased with the results. I got banned from the kitchen though, quite unreasonably I think.

Old thread I appreciate, but is sugar soap okay to use on poly? I've a load of nucs that got pressed into service before I could paint them and now before I do, thought I should get rid of the algae on the outside before sloshing the masonry paint on. Sugar soap has worked brilliantly on caravan...

Thanks, Emyr - was really imagining it to be the case.

I live in the same town so can walk 800m and see them for free!

I was foolish enough to miss The Beekeeping Show in February which looked great as a tradeshow - I'm 200 miles from Harper Adams, in Northumberland, and just wondering how great the BBKA Spring Convention is from others experience? I'm not interested in making flowers out of wax etc, nor...

Just the basic green plastic BS National's from Maisemore- they fit perfectly, cheap and cheerful. I've got 30 + of the 12 framers and I love them

I love an auction, but worth venturing down from Northumberland next year for?

I've always found jazzjars the cheapest, but have yet to buy this years bulk so might've changed

Crikey, so bloody expensive even before importing!

I'm just idle and am in haste to increase my colonies - have lost probably a third due to not getting round with a bust back- doubtless feeding and splitting is the more sensible option! Cheers

I've seen Humble Bee in Durham selling machine-produced drawn comb - £69.99 for a brood box full. Anyone any idea how or where it's produced? Looks perfect quality and if I could get it in bulk, I wondered if anyone else would fancy some at cost? I'm vaguely tempted, as with all shiny new...

I've had the same and too small a fit from bee-equipment in the past - nobody's surprised! Maisemore for me - excellent quality but also, if you do chequerboard with David Evans' foundationless frames, you only need buy wax every few years and the 20% off when you spend over £200 makes it a...

Usually me ;-)

Thanks so much for this Mike!

Sorry Emyr, I wasn't v clear. I'm not using actual Hive Alive it's true but the name felt like shorthand - I'm trying to make up my numbers as swiftly as possible and I meant fondant first, and then syrup (will be needed for the amount of colonies I brought back to home apiary to overwinter)...