Recent content by Colin B

I've just produced some personalised labels for Emmaus. I look after their apiary and they sell the honey in their café shop. I used the Avery UK website. Not only do they have a very large collection of labels in different sizes, shapes and materials there is free design software you can use...

Here's my furniture polish recipe which I have used for years and sell at farmers markets. It's an old traditional recipe. Equal parts of beeswax, turpentine & linseed oil makes a good softish polish. You can change the consistency by adding more or less beeswax but always keep the turps &...

Hi Oliver, The Cambridge Bee Keepers Association runs a beginners course every year on Wednesday evenings starting in January. Stow Bridge is within reach of Cambridge and there is quite often people on the course from Ely and your area. You may even be able to share transport. The course is...

I bought a Lyson creamer from Abelo a couple of months ago. I've done two batches of 50 lbs so far both with excellent results. I used my usual ratio of 1 : 25, no heat on the 48 hr setting with low rotation (15min every hr). The amount of seed used is not critical. The more seed you use the...

Looks like a very poor year for me as well. Good early 1st spring crop ( OSR) then average for the second spring crop. Summer crop is going to be a disaster, up until a week ago most of the little that had been brought in was being taken down and eaten. Some coming in now but too little too...