Recent content by marklaverda

I work abroad, and arranged to meet the wife and kids in The Gambia for Christmas/ winter holiday (nice place BTW) I arrived and met them there on Xmas eve, and on Boxing day, out of the blue, wife told me she wanted a separation. That night so as not to upset the kids I elected to fly straight...

That is correct> I wash my leather gloves once a year in the washing machine on a cold cycle, and let them dry flat.

I successfully used the instructions in this video that gives the ratio: 1kg sugar to 300mm water and 25grms glucose syrup. You also would be advised to get a food thermometer.I got glucose syrup from Boots. It is worth watching at...

several loo roll tubes all within each other.

Yes Veg but eggs are laid after the QCs/ Dcs are made.How do the bees know that literally the other side of the QE is a no go zone?

Reading some posts here on Queen rearing, it just occurred to me that in all my years of bee keeping I do not recall ever seeing a QC or Drone Cells drawn above the Queen excluder ( I use a National Hive and WBC hive). Any thoughts why? I mean why should the workers know that a space the...

Ye3s I managed to scorch a hole in mine years ago ( dont ask !!!) and sheriffs supplied a new one.

Hi All, I went to the Tam O'Shanter Urban Farm - Farm in Wirral this weekend and in their apiary I saw a beehive I could not recognise. Can anyone identify the beehive arrowed please? There was no one responsible for the bees on duty to ask. Thx

Hi Rae Have you any plans for a saw buck? Or pictures I could see? Thx

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I use smoke from an old bee smoker down the hole having lightly blocked off as many exits that I can find. Just put the business end of the smoker in the hole and make an earth seal. I burn cardboard with a scotch bonnet pepper and this gets the rats exiting the holes where i finish them off...

Kingspan manufacture insulation in styrene for building. Rather like hoover they have such a share of the market their name has almost become generic with board insulation

It never ceases to amaze me how prices of some items can sell more at auction on ebay than if purchased new from reputable bee suppliers. I was looking at a 2 year old used bee strainer on ebay that in the end went for a total of £20.50 inc delivery yet brand new can be purchased online for...

Is the equipment etc still for sale? sent a PM but havent had a response Thx