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There's other ways of making beekeeping work. Some beeks sell beekeeping equipment. Some are part time bee inspectors. Some 'manage' hives for others. Being a competent beekeeper would help to qualify you for the above.

I don't know the make of the press, but it's a bit like an apple press without the housing. Also has three 'ribbed' planks of wood, between which the comb is placed for pressing. It's currently covered in some sort of green paint that's rubbing off with a finger (obviously has to go). I've found...

Has anyone ever located plans for the commercial - I can't? Andrew

No, it's for a press which is very certainly made of iron. I suppose I could just burn off the existing paint and use it paintless. Andrew

Anyone know of a food grade paint for extraction equipment? One for metal and one for wood? Or preferably one for both? Thanks, Andrew

137 Bee books now in the Bees in Art bookshop: http://**************/bia_artwork/bia_search/bia_books_index.html Best wishes, Andrew

I helped a friend out over the weekend. One of her hives appears to be suffering from dysentery. I've bleached the equipment that I used. I was wondering if I put my gloves through a 40 degree wash if that would be enough to kill any nosema spores on them? Andrew

A small derelict church becomes an apiary for honeybees on the North York Moors.

What's everyone's opinion on opening the bees during the freeze to give fondant? And what about an oxalic acid trickle? Presumably the queen goes on hold during such cold weather? I fed well in the Autumn, but am wondering if they've got enough - they're buzzing very loudly: keeping warm and...

Thanks PH, That's good, because we have a brick missing in the wall, perfect for the end of the tube, but is high up. Would I be able to use a transparent tube - it would be great to see the bees going in and out? I don't know if I'd be able to find one - was thinking about 1 1/4" diameter...

‘The Life of the Bee’ written by Maurice Maeterlinck and illustrated by E. J. Detmold, and first published in 1901. Detmold's illustrations present honeybees as inhabitants of insect cities in an Art Nouveau style. 'Tarzan of the Apes', by Edgar Rice Burroughs; 'White Fang' and 'Call of the...

Hello Everyone, I'm going to be making an observation hive. If I place it where I want to place it the entrance tube would be about 2 1/2 foot long and nearly vertical. Would the bees be able to cope with this? Thanks, Andrew

Pieter Breugel the Elder (1525-1569) made paintings of peasants going about their lives within the landscape. Breugel's candid and descriptive style in his engraving of beekeepers allowed Martin Buckle, master skep maker and beekeeper, to re-construct their protective clothing. For the mask a...

I think that this beekeeper has minimised back strain by just dropping some of the hives straight off the trailer - if the bees do well they can be awfully heavy when filled with heather honey, especially if the supers aren't removed before getting back to the home apiary. Andrew

Thanks for the advice - comprehensive. Yes I had warmed the honey (was set like stone) for creaming - I did wonder if I should have taken the reading after creaming - ie. well mixed. It was only partially molten at this point. It did have a dry surface. I did shake each comb thoroughly before...