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A very well known supplier has extractors and I have found this if it helps with expected rpm for extracting "The manual machines are highly geared, very easy to use and extremely robust. The electric machines are powered by an 80W reversible motor producing a maximum speed of 280rpm through a...

My bees went cranky around 3-4 weeks ago and I took 5 stings through suit and gloves, our dogs got stung and the gardener too! they were on OSR which is very close by, well within 1/2 a mile away. I took off two supers over two weeks and now the OSR has gone off we are able to enjoy the garden...

I watched a wasp darting back and forth over a bird water bath and it then stopped at the edge and sucked up some water, was there for a few minutes slurping away.

Lime trees in full flower here in Cambridge along Newmarket Road outside Marshall Aerospace. walk under them daily and its great to listen to the buzzing of bees lots being honey bees!

I started off with all my kit from Fragile Planet and the suits were all in one white cotton, quite thick and with a fencing veil. I have had two issues so far, I got stung on the cheek through the veil as I was pressing against a bush and unknown to me a bee had landed on me and stung me! OUCH...

Bee move Moved my bees from their original apiary site to a new one 40 miles north into Market Deeping South Lincolnshire. Bees now settled and flying and returning. Apiary in back garden where I will be moving too in a few months time:ohthedrama:

Sorry to hear about your stinging troubles with your bees. I am allergic to wasps and went into anaphylactic reaction after being stung in the mouth during a ride to work. Luckily I live in Cambridge and I was taken to Addenbrookes. From there I completed a course of desensitisation against wasp...

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I have two hives doing really well but one with three supers of which two are being filled. I checked them this morning and at the most there are some frames with up to 60% capped cells in both sides of the frame. How late can I leave it before I get to the right amount so I can extract or is it...

Came home from work Thursday to find a swarm I my garden low down near the ground in a small tight bush. Managed to scoop them them into a nuc box. Stragglers were in after three hours!! Unfortunately I haven't enough hive kit to house them. I had holed they'd have stayed and I was going to...

Think I witnessed a mating flight but at first thought it was a swarm. The noise alerted me!! I could see them in the garden. Not a lot of bees but flying in circles and back and forth about 30 feet off the ground then by the time I got out into the garden they had gone and no noise at all. I...

One of my colonies swarmed yesterday afternoon but were still clustered when I got home in the early evening. I managed to get them into a cordex nuc box and put in a frame with drawn comb but empty and an undrawn frame. I will be away all of today but wanted to know will they stay in the nuc...

Got stung on my left cheek and couldn't remove the sting as I was carrying out an inspection it was in for about 20 mins!! Massive swelling and the next day I was quite feverish and had two days off work!! Got stung three times last week on my back and bum and only slight swelling and itchy for...

I have a green woodpecker nesting in an apple tree and it has been chipping out the centre of the trunk. I collected a full bucket of apple tree chips and use that along with egg carton and rolled up corregated cardboard. Lighting the egg carton is first job then light the underneath of the...

I have recently changed from a horribly routed aluminium one with sharp un-deburred edges to a wooden framed wired one. On my last inspection there was less hassle removing it and no squashed bees on refitting it. Definitely worth the extra few quid.

I inspected last night at around 5pm and it was warm around 18 deg C and humid. Mine were in a foul mood too. I wanted to see if they had started to draw comb in the super I put on last week. Got the lid off off and then the super, then I unstuck the QE and took out frame number 1. Lots to see...

I purchased the solution from Fragile Planet and applied exactly as instructed. Can't add anymore to that. I still have the bottle and will check the solution strength but it was premixed with a syringe included.

Hi Pete. I'm just outside Cambridge which is around 45 miles from you. Do you think they may have swarmed again during the autumn ? Is that a possibility? There's no sign of them having dissentry as the inside of the hive was clean an dry.

The set up this time was different to my first colony that died in feb. 2012. As the colony swarmed in may I did everything possible to get them through the Autumn. They were treated accordingly for Varoa and by November I had increased the ventilation by lifting the corners of the CB with...

I had set the hive up with the brood CB and roof. I pitched it slightly leaning fwd to make condensation roll fwd and to exit the entrance. No mouse guard fitted. No sign of the queen and I hadn't marked her from being new in May. Didn't really have problems with wasps or other pests. After the...