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    June Gap

    I've just had to feed 6 of my hives. Normally they've already got a full super or two on them from the dandelions but they missed out this year because of the bad weather. They just got 2 litres each to see them through a few days when hopefully they'll get out on the brambles. So far, a...
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    Does anybody NOT use a Queen Excluder

    Once i was confident finding the Queen i stopped using them. I stick them back on in July when the swarming season is waning and i want to sort my honey out.
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    sacbrood?

    It looks like sac brood to me Taff.
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    Mobile Phone Question

    Same here. If i ever get to talk to someone i ALWAYS agree to a salesman's appointment and them when he arrives tell him where to poke his windows / kitchen / bathroom / solar panels etc. They waste my time, i waste theirs. I think it's called Karma :-)
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    Parasitic fly linked to bee losses

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/parasitic-fly-linked-bee-losses-220303994.html
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    Polytunnel

    Try and fit the plastic on a warm day as it shrinks when it cools and goes nice and tight. Darren
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    No Brood

    Try to get hold of a test frame from someone if you've only got the one hive. I had a hive without any unsealed brood last week. I popped a test frame in and checked today and found one single Q cell in the centre of the frame so it looks like they're going to supercede her. The week before...
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    Professional Electricians - Pah!

    I had an electrician fit one of those 16 amp blue sockets in my workshop to use with my welder. I went to have a look at it after he'd finished the job and he'd fitted a Male socket to the wall at face height with the pin permanently live.
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    Hives Stolen in Purbrook, Hampshire

    Really sorry to hear that Roy. I hope the two you rescued are ok. Darren.
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    What paint?

    I just paint everything wood or poly with water based exterior masonry paint. My ply nucs have been outside for 2 years and still look good. Darren.
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    Ideals, dreams, ambitions, fantasies . . . . .

    I'm pretty much the same as peteinwilts. I'm up to 11 hives in 3 years and have got 2 out apiaries lined up for the spring. I've had to buy a special shed to store all the kit. Nucs & mini nucs all over the place and some more hives on order from Hivemaker. It's got to to stop somewhere as i'm...
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    Willow question??

    I think i'll leave mine unidentified :-)
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    Willow question??

    You learn something new every day. I was told that the big willow opposite my house was a goat willow and i've taken loads of cuttings off of it and stuck them in the ground with a fair amount of success. I wonder what it is then ? Darren.
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