Thank you, very cold here like most places right now! Looking to prep the kit i have and hopefully pick up some winter deals on the things I don't have!
Wont open for me, but if its for the Robert Lee thread here, then i did throw an eye over it... Thanks though.. It does seem to be twin badged on closer inspection... another is on the rear of the lid, but cant remember what it says... will add tomorrow! thank you
Lovely reply, thank you for the tips too... motorbikes not so much got in the way for me, but were my life! I still have four! Now ive slowed down... Bees fit me or will fit me well! Regards
Thank you.... Hives have been in the lofts of two houses and not used since early 60's.. My dad had a massive passion for beekeeping yet remarkably wasn't able to work bees in his lifetime after first doing it in late teens, early twenties! He even in old age would go and catch a swarm, no suit...
Saw this thread and thought I'd show you two photos of my hive... and yes that is 1960 honeycomb
EDIT: Point was... it's a Robert Lee Hive, would of been bought in the 1950's
Starting a journey that's been within me for a long time really, possibly brought to the fore due to my father passing earlier this year and me finally digging out his hives from the family home! My dad kept bees in and around 1960 and once married in 1964, he moved to a location that couldn't...