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Maybe a very silly question but if bees were working a field of flowers some distance from the hive would they remember to fly straight till it again the next morning or if the weather was bad would they remember a few days later? Darren.

Hey i have noticed that the Isle of wight honey show is normally on around the first Saturday of November each year but can't see a date for this year. I might be on the island around that time and could have entered a few jars in the show, anybody on here know much about it? Thanks Darren.

Is scorching a hive with a gas blow torch enough to kill the spores of AFB?? after the rest of the hive parts have been burnt. Darren

I had a hive with queen cells last friday, i done everything by the book using a snelgrove board, checked the box with the old queen in it today and there is more queen cells started, I have never used this method before, any idea why they are drawing more queen cells and does the snelgrove...

Just came home to find one of my nucs out the front of the house flying very strongly in the dark, the front entrance of the nuc was very active and when i turned on the house and outside lights the bees all starting coming towards the window, it was very hard to even get near the nuc with a...

I have a friend who started up an orphanage in Uganda maybe 10years ago now and one of the volunteers who travels out to help him has thought about trying to set up bees over there, this man(the volunteer) is a beekeeper himself here in N.Ireland and will donate what ever it takes or costs to...

When pressing out the ling do people jar it straight from the press or run it into a bucket first then jar later, i have got a lend of a press and it has a bag that all the comb goes into first so was thinking could just jar straight from it??? Save me handling it twice?? Darren

Going to try my hand at cider this year, what yeast is best for it although i have been reading that a lot of people don't add any and just let the apples own wild yeast do the magic?? any info folks??? cheers Darren

The really must have been stuck for news that day when they had to phone me! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34190922

This years ducklings are now flying and the rest that had there wings clipped last year have now moulted and are starting too, they go for flights around the house and do a few laps before landing in the yard, problem is that there is a few telephone lines around the house and one has already...

Can somebody tell me some bramble flowers are white and others a pinkish colour, the pink ones seem to come slightly later in the season??? Darren

About six weeks ago i filled a bucket with seaweed nettles and some water with the idea of using the end result on my flowers and garden, in the past few weeks i have noticed these worms in it, they seem to only come to the surface at night. Have anybody any idea what they are??

I recently bought a lyson 20 frame radial extractor from abelo and only got round to given it a wash out today, when the bottom of the extractor fills above a certain level of around 2/3 inches the water runs out the bottom of it around the center and down onto the belt that turns from the...

I have been asked now by a lot of people about selling them pollen, is there many on here that do this, i might buy a dryer for the job next year, once dried does it keep for long? Thanks Darren

I have always wanted to try borage honey , has anyone on here got any and would be willing to swap for a 1lb jar of my heather honey? Cant see the postage being that much. Darren

Finally got my first batch of mead on the go and thinking of making some more with sloes?? has anyone tried this? Darren

Hey does anyone on here own one of these, thinking of taking a step up from the .17hmr and getting one of these. Darren

My printer has packed up and i am thinking of buying a new one, and one that i can use to print my own labels with uploaded photos and all, i know very little about them so any info would be great thanks, i see a cannon all in one ink jet printer for £40, would this do the...

Hey i am thinking about getting a couple of call ducks and was wondering is there much to looking after them, i have never had ducks before. Will they come home to their house in the evenings on their own, the photo is of where they will be housed and with the hole in the wall at the stream...

Hey i have a good friend who is giving up keeping bees, she has two cedar hives and supers, one full of bees and another with a virgin waiting to get mated, a empty six frame nuc, and smoker and a few other bits and bobs, because i have helped her out over the years she has given me the first...