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Thanks for that - now if only I could identify which supers came from which hive!

freeze* them even! Nadiring still an issue with Apivar on I guess.....

Thanks Steve - you've hit on two of my concerns - supers on for cleaning with Apivar on not being a good idea and the chaos that feeding honey might create. Don't have a warming cabinet but I do have a huge freezer with some space in it - might just cling film the frames and fees them and pop...

Steve - would you then feed via feeders rather than place above crown board approach?

It's all around 25% moisture content and all frames in about six supers are either full and a little capped whereas others are a quarter full or thereabouts and not caped at all. I extracted all uncapped honey that was 19% or less but didn't want to take the risk. I think I will either extract...

Hi folks, I have quite a number fo supers partly capped and uncapped at the end of the season - I have Apivar strips on now. Do I extract the honey and feed it in feeders back to the bees or do I positions them near the apiary and let bees rob out? Pros and cons?

We sell 8oz/227g in Dublin to local specialty butcher and a high end restaurant for €8 and the butcher sells it for €12 - it sells out within hours. We try to avoid direct selling as people really mess you around about the time they say they'll drop by so we only see to those who we know and...

Thanks Emyr!!

Underfloor entrance? Not familiar with the term - thanks!

I was going to leave the inspection tray in - it doesn't seal the OMF off fully really - but now you have me thinking!

Great advice folks. My hives are not on stands - they are on wooden beams set on a paving slab and the apiary is on an elevated deck at the back of the garden. I originally did not buy hive stands because we live on a windy hill and I was afraid of them being blown over! But it turns out they...

Thanks Dani but it an entrance block with four holes sufficient from a ventilation perspective? I suspect so - plus it keeps mice out...

Thanks for that folks!

Hi folks, with open mesh floors, how critical is it to have the full entrance block removed for the winter - do they provide too much ventilation along with the OMF? on the other hand, I have a Paynes national with integrated mouse guard of only four holes in the supplied entrance block - along...

Hi folks, with open mesh floors, how critical is it to have the full entrance block removed for the winter - do they provide too much ventilation along with the OMF? on the other hand, I have a Paynes national with integrated mouse guard of only four holes in the supplied entrance block -...