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Looks as if you winter has been relatively mild. Hoping that the trout on Harray, Boardhouse and Swannay have appreciated it too ready...

A minute in a microwave sorts out gorilla glue I find - time depends on volume but it gets it flowing again.

I recall that advice was not to let liquid feed ferment as it can lead to dysentry so imagine a large amount of fermented honey might...

Honey is hygroscopic ie it attracts moisture in the open air/unsealed container. Thus in a super of extracted comb the moisture content...

Felt tends to get very hot and soften , felt is easier to damage at any time of year.

Make it a deep roof and glue 50mm PIR inside it

I use pond liner. Light weight, waterproof (obviously), easy to fit and cheap. I make the roofs out of pallet boards and line the...

As a last shot. You have the hive, you have the used comb' The ingredients are there for a bait hive so I would set that up and keep...

Leave one queen cell - if you cut out both you run the risk that any queen cell you raise subsequently will be from an older egg/larva...

Good feed of liquid in September/October, let them have all the ivy they can gather and then put fondant on in December-ish whether they...

ost of the losses reported at the meeting yesterday (and from a few friends who were not there) were in wooden hives. Like your colonies...

Given all the wet weather we have had this winter I decided to have a look at the bee diary from my apiary over the past four or five...

I would be inclined to pop a piece of wood to leave a decent gap between floor and brood box at the back in case of a blockage. Like...

The saving grace for "fall" is the change of clock times for GMT and BST. Spring forward and fall back!!

That's great to know. I'll try it and show my other half your post and that should make it all OK!!