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Screwfix cheapies : largest possible Mine was s/h lasted 10k brads so far.

99p here

Experience is good - if relevant. Here ivy flowers late - October or November - so it is rarely harvested as bees are not flying much.

Yehhh ... that's it isn't it ? By the time you are finished you have got everything organised, you are into a routine, the muscle...

I spread my extractions out over three sessions: Spring in June early July, early August. Makes super handling much easier, gets honey...

I have ants in almost all my feeders but don't observe them eating larvae - but then I don't do many inspections after June so WDIK?

I agree- I gave up using syrup in small units because ants, as well as wasps can invade and kill larvae, too.

"Experienced beekeeper" includes the category of "doing the same thing every year with mediocre results" which apparently includes...

I can sell you a hammer which I guarantee will kill every varroa mite you catch provided you use it correctly.

Nutella is irresistible to rats and mice,

Anything without a list if ingredients is 1. Illegal 2. Utter garbage. Anything that claims to kill 100% of varroa is breaking the...

I overwinter mini nucs on fondant alone.. If a small colony can do it without coloured fondant , so can a big one.. Don't feed small...

I never inspect after July - except for mini nucs - so have no idea.

Bees will eat eggs when starving.

Just 30 miles away in Stoke on Trent. Have extracted all honey by second week August - roughly 0.25tonnes - and sold most of it.. Anti...