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If the fondant hole was above the brood nest then they will be expanding the nest upwards. Same here, even had eggs.

Would have been far more informative if they tested a jar of cheap honey from a supermarket.

I have a quantity of brace comb with unsealed honey. I propose to feed it back to the bees in English feeders, with the central cover removed, over a crown board. Would this method be considered appropriate or are there any more suitable methods?? There is still a Borage flow on, but now...

And stewing enhances the flavour.

Sea salt of course!

I'd be interested in 4 Nationals with holes and rims please.

I had a similar problem with some crystallised osr left after extraction. Put the super under the brood box for a couple of days, all cleaned out, then removed for reuse.

I have a Logar jacket, excellent quality and good price.

So hopefully a good chance of a reasonable nectar flow.

Will do. Only tight buds at the moment.

Does anyone have experience with honey from blackcurrants. I have 2 colonies on acres of them. This will be the first year. Thanks

Found this on our front path so hope to see the moth sometime next year. I placed it among next door neighbour's fuschias.

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Checked this afternoon and no further development with the queen cups so will check again next week.

Thanks everyone for the advice. At last inspection Tuesday there were queen cups, so far without eggs. There are 4/5 frames of BIAS and a couple of undrawn frames in the brood box. My intention was to use the method outlined in the Apiarist link from Boston Bees, Stage 1, AS without finding the...