Recent content by AmyB

Easy to work with and to handle once waxed. Easy to clean. Hardly ever break. Very easy to see eggs. Good for grafting. Bees do prefer to work with wood and wax and will draw that out first over the plastic but if you give them no choice they will get on with it. Some of our frames are slightly...

I have only ever had one site that wasn't on farmers land. We just drove around the area where we wanted the bees sited and used google maps, then found the farm and went and asked. Had more yes's than no's, most are more than happy to have them. One of my farmers loves to have them and goes up...

wow is all I can say to this thread. Thanks for the laugh :rofl:

I've found it on lovefilm and it is due for release on 21 oct, amazon is the same date.

:laughing-smiley-004 I wish I could cull the old queen!

For the last two years I have fed fondant alone. I use a 12.5kg block on each hive, placed on an excluder, in an eke. Some hives hardly touch it, others use most of it. I do not feed any syrup as I live with my mother in law and taking over the kitchen to mix syrup is not a good plan!

I would say yes very much so. Had a site in a small woodland, any bees moved there turned agressive. Moved them away and they calmed down again. Many things could set a hive off in any location, badgers, deer, livestock, traffic noise, being dripped on by trees above......

This seems to be happening more and more on here. Everyday it seems someone has to post this response and the attitude always comes from the same individuals. What gets me is if you can't give a nice and helpful response without the attitude why bother posting in the first place? If your tired...

I still have some hives/colonies available. £200. Loads of bees, loads of brood.

which make of poly hive are they?

the rape field mine are on has only just started to flower last week.

Might be best to PM as this thread is last years Edit. Missed the post above sorry for repeating

I do this all the time to try and equalise colonies and help out struggling nucs. I know some people disagree with this and say you should give brood instead but I have never found any problems. I did this with a strong hive and a weak nuc last week. Checked them yesterday and the nuc is now...

I agree with jenkinsbrynmair. That's how I do a nuc

Yes it includes the hive. PM sent.