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Take out the frames one by one, brush off the bees, check them, and put the nicely capped ones into a "to be extracted" box. Take away and extract immediately. There will be other frames not properly capped. Keep them in one super on the hive (or in more supers on the hive if needed). Come...

Galahs making quick work of cotoneaster berries.

I love the photo of the bees on the post all with their heads up to the rain. Very reminiscent of one I collected here a couple of years back in the rain.

Did it come with any oil for calibration?

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Dad often reminisced very enthusiastically about his kayak trip down the Wye with a mate.... presumably in the 50's.. I think the whole length of it, if that's possible?

These guys have 290 different sorts of apples on display and have gone into cider. Be warned, Tasmanian accents in this :D

There was a great little programme down here on the telly last night with Martin Clunes and Mel Giedroyc going around the south of England, down around Dorset, and talking to Raynor Winn near Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. Anyhow, they ended up drinking cider at a farm to cap things off. It...

That's Gary R on the drum kit, ( second from the left) , so you've got a drummer. Jenkins on vocals, and I can see the Poot there on the bass.

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Wow Neil! Had you been touching the plug with your hands by any chance, prior to starting the work?

It's not to do with having heaps of brood to defend and this is it? https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/post-osr-mayhem-advice-please.16387/

It's a good idea to check the crotch region of any suit (as BeeKeePlayer found out recently). This was a very early place for mine to "let go" ...so early in fact that one could be excused for wondering if it might be sabotage or some wag in the factory. Anyhow, it's held firm for many years...

Is that an Aussie "eucalyptus print "shirt underneath? :unsure:

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/eggs-and-uv-illumination.768/#:~:text=House%20Bee&text=One%20of%20those%20cheapie%20(and,white%20LED%20to%20achieve%20it.