Recent content by Carl

Well, a fool and their money are easily parted. And if you find a business that attracts fools then brilliant.

Blimey! Excellent write up thank you, i can attest to the furniture polish and shoe polish. My addition to the list for thos that shoot black powder firearms is for the fouling lube to use 50 / 50 pure beeswax and olive oil. Throw equal quantities in a bowl and melt them up in the microwave...

Ha...wind....Hawthorne...you must be around St Davids, the only trees round there grow in hollows. Hives on stands on concrete slabs strapped down to eyebolts always works.

Hello from France.

Interesting thoughts. I can not say i agree that the tin roof is better in any respect. the Warre roof provides both heat dissipation from the direct sun with the air gap under the sloping eaves and a solid board top on top of a quilt which assist with temperature regulation in summer and...

A better view of the roof.

Hello all, We recently populated a Dadant with a nuc and all is going very well. This style hive is new to me as we previously ran Warre and Top bars. With those in mind i have replaced the Dadant roof as i really dislike the idea of a tin roof especially as we had temperatures at over 40...

Welcome from the Hautes Pyrénées. I am also keenly watching my bees as this is our first year with a swarm and a nuc into the Dadant. The rainy days are petering out now and we are up to 25 degrees and clear skies. Bees are great just to sit and watch with a cup of tea.

Cheers Richard, i will have a look at that link.

Too late for three, caught one, hearing of plenty. Seems a little less than last year. I checked my weather book and this time last year the weather was warmer by 1-2 degrees daily and dryer.

I build my own hives from red cedar and just re sanded the boxes after ten years outside and re oiled with boiled linseed oil. They look new again so i will do them again in another ten years. That is three years in the UK and the rest of the time here in France.

The description of it looking ‘very black’ is misleading. their photo shows it very well and the thing that really stands out when you see them is the orange as in the photo. we get a lot here in the Hautes Pyrénées and they are big ( smaller than the European hornet) and noisy and that deep...

People talk of bait hive etiqeutte and this is interesting as this 'etiquette' really is just one persons personal opinion. If a bait hive is laid on public land or where you have permission or even in a hedgerow where the landowner has no concern then what is the problem? Bees swarm so why not...

I have had angry swarms before so no matter. I think you did some one a favour by giving them a swarm. Bees are bees.

Appreciate the reply, i guess i have no issue then as i will not be mixing hive parts as i only have a few.