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This is what I initially thought, but my bees seem to have proved me wrong. I cleared my last lot of supers in this way, 2-3 supers per...

Clearer boards on 5 more today, you know it's been a good season when the queen excluders all look like this:

Haven't found it necessary to feed my hives at all end of summer/autumn, for the last three years. I keep double broods so they've...

Well a lot of mine will have there own stores for winter either summer/heather/ivy stores anything that’s light will get fondant early...

Do it in winter, it's much easier in cold weather ;)

Not just your bees!! Had more than a few bees in the supers in the kitchen with me yesterday while I extracted, and this morning I've...

Just weighed the honey buckets from my final extraction of the year yesterday. Got 70kg yesterday, which added to the 100kg a couple of...

Early on in my beekeeping adventure I got a belter of a sting on the side of my ankle (not whilst beekeeping, but sitting on the grass...

I use 'smash-proof' mug boxes. They're double walled, so they're really well padded already, and then I just use shredded recycled card...

45 year old brush from thornes still going strong. Never ever had a problem with it and bees don't mind me using it

Pretty sure mine just came from STBK and it's never moulted. I know many don't like brushes, but I find it useful for just sweeping the...

I had repeated problems with the little blow torches, both the one originally supplied with my GasVap, and a replacement I bought. They...

Your colonies are on double or triple BBs and those invariably have a lot of pollen in the bottom box, but why is that a problem...