Recent content by Alan and Anthea

Try fly screen mesh from e- b~y. We bought some a few years ago and replaced the mesh on 2 suits. 1.2 meter x 1meter was around £5. Sorry can't remember the suppliers name but a search should find some. Alan

You can buy fly screen mesh on #-Bay 1.2m wide and £3-£5 per meter; make a wooden frame to suit your vehicle and staple it on. The mesh is also useful for repairing or replacing damaged veils. Alan

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For anyone building their own hives there is brand new aluminium sheet which works out at £2-£3 /hive available from a coach building company in Banbridge Northern Ireland. I have no connection to the company but thought some members might be interested...

Suggest you cut a square pop-hole that will let the hens in and out; use a sliding metal hatch which will slide up and down on two simple side guides to open and close it. With a rope on 2 pulley wheels like on a clothes line) you can raise and lower it from the ground to let the hens out and...

Hi I made a heater cabinet earlier this year and put in an STC-1000 and one 60 watt tubular heater; and had exactly the same problem; very slow to heat and would only heat to about 35 degrees C. I added a second 60 watt tubular heater in series to the first, both at the bottom of the cabinet...

Sharps express for early Kerrs pinks for later Alan

Ordered 9.00 am on the 3rd; arrived today. All present and correct.

Bees on snowdrops last year on 15th Feb this year 16th Feb great to see them bringing in pollen again. Alan

Yes nice idea for a thread. This pic was 14th Feb 2013. Snowdrops have been showing well through the ground since before christmas lets hope for a good spring. Alan

I think this is from the USA in the 1950's, we had never heard of it before and thought it might be of interest to some. Not sure if it was a natural occurrence or there was some "help" given to the bees. Believer or sceptic?? Alan...

Duramitex for chickens and racing pigeons definitely works on our chickens . Alan

Hi We use homemade 2inch deep boards with 5 canadian cone escapes fitted on each. They cleared the supers on each hive after 3 hours; the majority of the bees were clustered on the underside of the clearer board. Made things much easier. Alan

We have had this same colour pollen coming in over the last 3 weeks in large amounts; like redwood the bees seemed to be ignoring the balsam in preference to it. We are well out in the country and dont think there can be any amount of dahlias anywhere near to our hives: so what else could it...

1 Bait hive out last year 2 out this year. No takers as yet. If nothing happens this year we plan to move location. (Not us the bait hives). Alan