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So between the brood box and the super of honey?

I’ve had a few really tough weeks family-wise and as a result I’ve got a bit behind. I should have treated my colonies sooner but I...

After extraction, stack them up, with a blank board top and bottom and cinch them all together with a couple of ratchet straps, they can...

What’s that now!?? Store frames wet?

So rather than store supers (with frames in) in a shed I can store them in the hive as long as they’re under the BB? Won’t they get wax...

Yeah I think so… 😕 it was on offer too so I grabbed it. Still it’ll come in handy. I was hoping to store frames over the winter but...

If it's ivy, extract the minute it begins to cloud in the comb or it will set like concrete. If you can't be bothered to extract, nadir...

The freezer I’ve ordered isn’t big enough to hold entire supers 😕 What does “nadir for a week” mean?

Wow thank you everyone that’s really helpful. Lets imagine I’ve already left the cleaned frames on for too long and they’ve already...

So I’ve done my first harvest but I’m in a bit of a muddle as to what to do next. I had 2 supers full (except for a couple of frames...

Thank you! My bottle of squeezey honey in the cupboard says it’s blended from EU countries (I think).

Honey is one of the most adulterated foods that are available for sale. Most people wouldnt know sugar water with colouring from real...

I keep seeing mentions of how supermarket honey isn’t proper honey. How come they’re still allowed to call it honey? What’s it made of...

Is there a way of converting brix to water content?

On the left it says brix% just in words then there’s the main scale in the middle and on the right it says 20 degrees c.