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Interesting thank you. Now I have even more DIY to do! :)

one reason for it, it also negates the 'need' for a second queen excluder and reduces the amount of queen pheromone reaching the top...

Is the board for providing another entrance/exit?

depends how long you spend polishing it

1066 just kiss the right rings

Happy New Year All. Better late than never

Ah yes I thought as much. Still, a beautiful area for wind swept walks.

It is an unreliable source in these Southern parts, Ely, and success depends on soil moisture levels in the first half of the year. As...

I suppose I could do for heather as you don't need to do weekly inspections at that time of year. It is something to think about if I...

I'd love to have a go at a heather crop just for the smell if anything else. Alas the nearest heather is too far from me. Lavender too...

I have stored my supers wet ever since I started beekeeping. I put them on in the spring as the bees need more room. The bees are often...

why bother? that makes no sense whatsoever - just put them on top, they will clean them in situ and then fill them

perfectly OK to put on the hives as they are - I've never had any issues and have been doing it this way for years - the fermentation is...

With dinner tonight we ate the last of our fresh cherry tomatoes. I'm genuinely amazed that they've lasted this long. I harvested them...

First opportunity to venture up to the range apiary, back of the truck loaded with ropes, tools and the new battery chainsaw as I'd had...