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  1. J

    How to store used Super Frames / Brood Frames for next year

    I use clear zip bags from Amazon, 1 frame per bag
  2. J

    Selling honey at the gate: is weight info on the label mandatory?

    I watched this video and it makes things clear for England & Wales. Found it covered what I needed to know at least.
  3. J

    Honey price

    Around here, I am selling at £6.00 for 1lb jar, was going to set it at £6.50 but held back due the current financial situation out there. It mainly goes to friends and neighbours. I am happy with the price for the area. Especially when I was told someone near by was £4.00 same size jar (that is...
  4. J

    First sting

    I stood on wasp nest while fishing on a river bank, did not know I could run so fast.
  5. J

    My 2 hives

    Resolved the stand issue for a short while, just done extraction today. New stand for next year is defo.
  6. J

    My 2 hives

    That is my concern about it giving way. I intent to remove the supers this weekend subject to weather conditions, I have braced the far legs to ensure that cross member can not slide down the leg. Once the supers are off I should be able to put support in place ready for it to be replaced. Like...
  7. J

    Accepting credit / debit card payments for Honey.

    Be careful you are going to the area of unattended devices and that is an entirely different ball game. At work I am currently work on swapping our acquirer and 1500+ devices, all this has to be completed by end of Q1 next year. At the same time watching PCI compliance.
  8. J

    My 2 hives

    My 2 hives at the end of the garden. just a bit concerned about the weight on the stand, hence the logs at the far end where the legs seem to have splayed out more. Do not think I will buy that type again (got 2 of those in my 1st year of bee keeping from Bee Tradex), aim is to replace with good...
  9. J

    Accepting credit / debit card payments for Honey.

    you will find this can happen with any of those like Sumup, Stripe etc and this includes Paypal, they are what are called aggregated payment providers, this means you are not the merchant they are, and any negative feedback means the merchant status could be affected especially charge backs...
  10. J

    Hello

    When I say newish I mean in my 3rd year, so still learning, having said that we never stop learning do we. When would I say I am no longer newish, to me about 5 years at least. I have some great mentors who have been a mine of experience. The hives are doing better than last year.
  11. J

    Hello

    Hello from Stoke on Trent Newish bee keeper with just the 2 hives at the moment.
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