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A tripod ladder would get you safely up to 12-15' but at a price, so looks like the nest must stay unless you hire a scaffold tower...

well at least we can be assured that the good old british banger always has and always will contain good old lips t!ts and arseh*les

It does make me wonder how much trust should be placed in any labels that are intended to indicate some sort of standard in terms of...

If a supermarket sold syrup with a Honey flavour and called it "Honey Style Sweetner / Spread" (let's suspend the Honey Regs for this...

Look at McDonalds and the constant advertising for the Saver Menu. People flock for these deals, no one is bothered about the quality or...

I suspect that this is in part the case. Possibly in part because they don't want to really think about what happens for them to be...

I'm not sure that they do - A lot of people don't understand food production, sourcing or economics. Education about food quality...

And this. How would it be in the supermarket's interest to actually test the honey that is delivered to them when the majority of their...

Yes, because the frames are not covered in bees. OK to put a few uncapped frames under a strong colony because the honey will be moved...

and there's the problem, a full shallow of honey under the brood box is like having a neon sign saying 'wasps welcome' on the hive. much...

Likely the main temptation; risky to nadir if wasps are about, esp. if boxes are not really full of bees. Not terribly strong; at that...

What were the hive strengths of these colonies, Heather?

But not for his means of delivery.

Too easy; time to let the dogs loose.

By chance I looked in my email junk folder and discovered that Hagen's Bees have sent me a promotional email every 1.5 days since...