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  1. biggardave

    starting SG for mead

    thanks for the replies. i'm using Lalvin EC-1118 and in the end i've started at 1.094 (because that's what it came to when i chucked a jar of honey into the gallon of washings). this is my first mead so (like everything else when it comes to bees), i'm considering it a learning process. david.
  2. biggardave

    starting SG for mead

    all my mead recipes start off xlb honey per gallon. this isn't very helpful as i'm using the washings from my extraction and have no idea how much honey is in it. can anyone suggest a reasonable specific gravity to aim for. the recipe i'm aiming to emulate is a sparkling mead that specifies...
  3. biggardave

    beekeeping in buxton

    thanks for the information, folks. i'll pass it on to the bloke in question.
  4. biggardave

    beekeeping in buxton

    my sister's boyfriend has been expressing an interest in keeping bees and this has, apparently, reached fever pitch since i got my girls last month. i was going to suggest that he get in touch with a local association so that he can hopefully get a bit of advice and experience. he's going to be...
  5. biggardave

    Crown board

    what would you consider "a decent thickness" of polycarb? i'm working with smiths (top space) so could, in theory, get away with nothing more complex than a flat sheet cut to the appropriate size, would it have to be very thick in order not to sag? - would thinner sheet supported by a frame be...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    i slipped in a wee feeder full of syrup and then stood back and felt smug - it was the first thing i have done as a beekeeper. just got my girls last night, not that i've seen that much of them, the weather's as bad here as it seems to be everywhere else.
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