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Winter is a good time for cleaning queen excluders, particularly when the weather is cold and the wax/propolis is brittle, so I'd wait...

I don't think we do. I don't ever recall seeing it, certainly. From the description on Wikipedia it sounds like it isn't a plant that...

There's a definite roar from the hives now, and the smell of ripening honey. Not quite sure how to describe it. James

Or use a compost toilet. Save money on the water. Save money on compost. It's surprising how much it adds up to over time. Or is...

Been having a bit of a "stock take" at home to see what I would like to buy in the sales (prior to whittling it down to what I think can...

For clarity, I wasn't thinking of buying any. I was just interested in seeing the details of the nuc boxes that David Wainright uses...

I didn't, no. Perhaps I should consider converting to Dadant :D James

I found the reference to them in the comments of a BMH video interviewing David Wainright that was posted recently. He says he uses...

Ok, so the walls look a bit on the thin side to me, and obviously it doesn't take National frames (I think it's Dadant?), but I feel...

The US imports a quite a lot of its honey, so quite possibly it isn't even honey in the first place. What honey there is may also have...

Did my final vape for the Autumn. Turns out that wearing a respirator isn't pleasant when you have a streaming cold. I also realised...

When they emerge they are neither "Summer" nor "Winter" bees. Just bees. What happens to them after that depends in part on how much...

Ah, I rarely read YT comments because they're so often full of utter drivel. Perhaps I should go back and do so in this case. James

Or not, as the case may be :D James

Though I don't have much knowledge of the topic I'm probably in the same camp. Neonics aren't a good thing to be putting into the...