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    Swarm Season

    After sixty odd years of beekeeping had to collect two swarms on the 19th of April, usually start swarm season mid/end of May. Must be this constant feeding of fondant that a lot of new beekeepers seem to do these days, plus a mild winter.
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    Spending money on a fancy water dispenser for bees

    My bees tend to favour local cow pats with water sitting in the top, not so handy in large towns I guess.
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    How many bees on a plum?

    At least 8 on this Mirabelle de Nancy which has gooseberry sized fruit. 20 minutes later it fell to the floor all the sugar had gone, no wasps were seen!
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    Wet Supers

    Can't agree more, have had bees for more than fifty years and always store the supers wet, no problems with waxmoth and it gets the bees up into the supers quickly in the spring.
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    9 FRAME S/S MANLEY EXTRACTOR ELECTRIC (Lega)

    Thanks for that I will try and raise the cage this a.m. And thanks for all those that have replied.
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    9 FRAME S/S MANLEY EXTRACTOR ELECTRIC (Lega)

    Thanks for that, I don't think with this model the cage can be adjusted, unless someone can show me how, most of my lugs are on the short side, thanks for the reply
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    9 FRAME S/S MANLEY EXTRACTOR ELECTRIC (Lega)

    I purchased the above last year, and as again this year the engine runs extremely hot in-so-far as not being able to touch it for a good 10 mins after switching it off. Has anyone found the same with this model?
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    Drones being slung out

    Saw this happening a couple of weeks back, a few of my strong colonies threw out a couple of hundred drones on consecutive days. During the current flow they appear to have plenty of drones left.
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    Empty drone frames

    Had a few large colonies throwing out several hundred drones during the cold wet conditions. Still plenty of drones available though. Have noticed this several times over the last few years.
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    Certan

    :iagree: :iagree:
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    Catch a swarm THIS weekend?? !!

    If they are heavy enough just leave then alone for a while, certainly don't start pulling brood combs about in these temperatures and no shook swarms please!!! You know whom I'm talking about. people like that should be banned from putting up videos for beginners to have access too.
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    Neighbours show true colours

    Not enough bees too many humans!!
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    Too early for a shook swarm?

    There is so much wrong with this video I don't know where to start. the worst thing is that this video is out there being watched by new beekeepers who think that what they have just viewed is the correct thing to do. They are doing it at the wrong time of the year, with a very small colony and...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    :iagree: Can't see why you should do this unless its granulated.
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    Asian Hornet - Update

    I think I asked the same question a week or so back regarding the nest found, were queens cells found or not, had they hatched, nobody seemed to have come back with a sensible answer. Surely they must have gone over the nest with a fine tooth comb?
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