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I may be wrong but I was lead to believe that advertised prices are a guideline only.

I always keep mine in the fridge in an airtight container, that lasts without any problem, I leave it out for a few hours to warm up before use though.

:iagree: One of mine was stuck a month or so back, it was nothing to do with the runners, the bees had dribbled propolis down on to it and then pulled it up to the mesh floor and stuck it good and proper, you will need to take the brood box of as mentioned above.

Try this website http://www.kingscrops.co.uk/kc/pages/page.jhtml?page_id=700006

I bought a set of letter/number punches on fleabite for about £6 a few years back, it is a bit unfortunate if your initials are not that good, I have a friend whos initials are SOB :eek:

The link isn't working properly.

does 2Kg sugar + 1 litre water = 3 litres? (or more or less!?!) It is less but I can't remember the exact amount, it is 2.3-2.5Ltrs at most.

Poundland have 1.5kg bags for go on have a guess £1

@derekm, red has already said they are in central Rotherham and that they are urban bees, granted there is no mention of what type of hive or position (South facing etc) but you can pretty much work out that the bees will be feeding from hanging baskets and garden flowers as well as the weeds...

I am aware that there are small (minute) grants available in Wales for turning fields in to meadows but the hoops you have to jump through and the (size) scale at which it has to be done outweighs any benefit you would get from a grant.

Hi Red, I am in Doncaster so a little further out than Chris, as mentioned above by @als bees you are probably being given good information by those around you, also Ivy honey is not to most peoples liking and many feed it back to the bees (let the bees keep it), if you remove the super now you...

Grants for what?

If you put something with alcohol in the bees will not be interested, you don't have to use much or your best malt whiskey, some cheap vodka type drink works well as it tends to be fruit based and of course the alcohol keeps the bees out, I have three "wasp pipes" they are small cone shaped...

To make fondant you need to have the sugar and water mix just right and get it to 116-117 degrees C then put the pan in cold water and keep stirring until it turns white and sets. There is a thread on here somewhere that gives this in more detail (I have probably missed out some important part...