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I have a BBWear suit with a round veil that’s coming to its end after being patched a few times by my other half. The only downside with...

At the other end of the price range, does anyone out there have a Sherriff BeePro suit. My current suit is coming to the end of its life...

Well done for trying. At least you saved the majority of the bees👍

Update on the cutout we did on Wednesday evening. Unfortunately the queen and a lot of the sticky bees didn’t survive, it was a cold...

Braula mites, we have them too! I had to search to see where Antipodes lives and it’s in Tasmania. Braula is common there.

Thanks. We scraped off the comb right back to the boards and Derek said that they will try to seal any gaps with expanding foam when...

A cutout. Firstly a little back ground history. Last year a local beekeeper was made aware of bees that were seen entering and exiting...

Same apiary in January and it was below freezing mid afternoon for over a week.

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

It was mild and sunny here on Friday afternoon, a balmy 14c. I inspected 5 hives in my sheltered apiary, high walls and a sun trap. 3...

I’ve been overwintering bees in poly nucs for a few years now. I’ve had lots of queens that have only started to lay in late July or...

I notice you are using a strip of wood outside your shorter Smith lugs, Have you considered a rim on those to give you space?

Because the majority of my hives are still Smiths I will be sticking with the shorter lugs. I got a joiner to make up the strips to the...

I have had some 12 frame poly Abelo hives for 3 years now, after spending all my beekeeping years with Smith’s. I run the poly hives...

Thanks JBM I was wondering how long it would 🐝 before someone would take the bait 😉