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Thanks for reply mark. Will drop you an email...

Hi I would be delighted to hear from anyone who intends selling a nuc / bees for stocking a tbh this year. I have bait hives out but do not hold much hope! Located upper Eden valley so east Cumbria, west Durham, NW yorks, N Lancs all possible. Thanks

Thanks Monsieur Those would be the two bits of spring steel rattling about in the bottom then!

question on the kit After missing out on the budget kit during the honey harvest, I ordered it when it came back in stock. All looks great value but I cant for the life of me work out how to mount a British standard shallow frame into the extractor. I am probably being daft but can anyone help?

Badgers do interfere with hives given half a chance. A neighbour lost contents of three National hives this way. I have a badger sett on my farm (probably the ones that did for the neighbours hives) and at certain times of year they become a real pest (for breeding ground nesting birds in the...