Recent content by Brian Bush

I have spent several wet days during the last week cleaning and painting some swienty hives. Anothe beek put three hives in my apiary several years ago. Three bases, 3three 14x12 brood boxes, three roofs and 2 supers. one hive has been permanently occupied all the time but the othets have been...

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Spell Checker I was traing a customer a few years ago in MS Word. She had a particularly objectional manager who used to type everything in upper case and then send it to her to spellcheck and re-type in senteence case This was particularly inefficient so I said I would show her how to change...

Spent 3 hours strimming the blackthorn scrub in the Apiary. I was unable to do it last year owing to issues with my eyes. I will have to return next week, when the wind is in the corresct direction and collect it all up and have a big bonfire. I think I will take some help!!!!!

I di my first full tour of the Apairies today. Some I cannot get to when the weather is a wet as it has been. Swmbo asked how it went. I have lost 2 colonies that I would have bet money on in the Autumn but to my surprise 3 NUCs have overwintered an dare bursting with bees.

I Have used BDI for several years. If you tell them the number of hives they will give you a quote. They have a no claims scheme and this year I paid less than £1 per hive.

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Finally felt well enough to treat most of the hives with OA by dribbling. 5 Apiaries, 20 hives and a 20 mile round trip. I had lost 6 hives since my last visit. 5 were in NUC boxes. 3 of the five I did not expect to make it through any way, but two were on double 14x12 NUC boxes with plenty of...

Wishing you all a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year

You may wish to read this article about the effects of adulterating honey in India https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/the-honey-trap-74476

You must remember this is 19th century Belgium!!!

I must say I liked the idea as well. Let me loose in supermarkets full of cheap honey and give me a direct line to Trading Standards!!!!!!!!!

Has anyone used Beehive Bits lately? I have always used them for mesh for floors and galvanised roof covers. Their website no longer shows these as being available and efforts to contact by e-mail and phone have been in vain. Can anyone help, please?

My elderly neighbour and I planed the edges of 30 plus lengths of WRC. We then cut a groove in 12 pieces and joined them using a plywood fillet and expanding glue. They are clamped together for the glue to dry. We will sort out some more tomorrow.