Recent content by Hay

I took my little extractor into the shower with me. That way we both got de-stickified

I used beequick last year. I staples a piece of sacking to the underside of a shallow hive roof and sprayed it on there. Placed the roof over the super and waited. It didn’t take more than a few minutes before the bees had moved down in the hive and I could take the honey. No stress for bees or...

Yes, I know but it bugs me when people press folk to disgard protection. You see videos of people going into hives wearing Tshirts and shorts. Others think that’s the thing to do and get covered in stings. My bees are pussycats but I still don’t take chances. Good luck to the young man. It’s...

Why should he take his gloves off! You can work perfectly well with gloves on and getting stung might put him off. I’ve caught 9 swarms this year and not had any stings because of a special suit I made. Stings do not have to be a part of bee keeping!