OldFarm

I'm finding it easier the further I get into it. About 60% of the way through. Not something to pick up and read a couple of pages...

I'm reading Bees-at-Law, Noel Sweeny at the moment. Section J19 concerns anti-social behaviour.It seems that the best course of action...

You seem rather dismissive of or blind to the problems that someone living next to a beekeeper can face if that beekeeper doesn't give...

There's not much the local BKA can do. They can talk to the beekeeper and offer advise, but the beekeeper doesn't have to listen to or...

Apparently you risk the matter being officially classified as a 'dispute', which then sits on the records and has to be declared if/when...

I would video and photograph the next few swarms, include enough context to confirm the location. Once you have recorded evidence...

Someone near me found it in one of their hives last week, confirmed by SBI this week. Berkshire. We've had awful weather, temperatures...

The bees would be under stress.

Had I been advising you in a legal capacity I would have asked how the hives are accessed. If they can be reached without causing...

I must say, I do feel for you. If they intend to permanently deprive you of your property, it sounds like theft.

I altered mine, put an eke on it, and now hang the frames and it takes 2 boxes of frames. Works really well when we’ve got sunshine……

Fair, didn't realise he had that many. I cleared 4 frames a day last year, almost zero effort and nice clean wax. It cleaned some...

I use a solar wax extractor, it takes up to 2 brood frames at a time. I put a silicon baking sheet on the bottom of the pan, it gets...

Yes my solar extractor is getting hot enough now. I was surprised to get mildly sunburnt on a walk in the hills on Saturday, then I...

As an example of when it goes horribly wrong.... A bee taster session was being run at an apiary in Australia. One of the attendees...