Recent content by johnfly

I agree, remember the old milk bottles with foil tops they were soon into them and anything with foil on they will soon have holes in it

I totally agree with what you have said Pete been using one for the past three years

i heard growling in a hive yesterday took it apart but there were no drones in the hive but could not find what it was as it stopped as i moved the third frame from the end

just wondering, how strange that you ask that question for the time you have been keeping bees, the notes from other years that you talk about and the advice you give to others i would of thought that you would of known the answer to that question from your past experience that you say you have ??

the box of bees are supposed to last 10 to 12 weeks then you destroy them but as has been said some mate with indigenous males

my understanding is that there are no queens in the boxes of bees and when they have done the job in the polys then they are to be destroyed.

they are there, on the roof the lower level to the right looking from the main door

I freeze heather honey in jars then take it out four or five days before I need it and let it get to room temp,

bookers at moment is 31 pence a kg if buying 50kg or more

not since Tesco took them over

cane sugar 38p kg if you buy 2 25kg bags at bookers

no not mine enrico

six beehives have been stolen in Herefordshire again, this time from the Vowchurch area. They have HPB branded on them.

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