Recent content by MuswellMetro

why inspect at this time of year, all I do is heft (or weigh) to see if they are heavy enough to get through winter, I haven't opened my hives since August BH when I took off the Formic Pro. I know most of my hives are broodless how do I know is because I put the varroa boards in for a few days...

Does anyone have more infomation on the felixstowe Hornet Asian hornet sightings from 2016 to 2022

So how many would you need if you recived the thirteen notifications for EFB and two for AFBcthat i've had on two sites?

i see the winter cabin fever has started earlier this year than the last five years i have been on here, suppose it is Covid19

i use a 50mm slab of insulation over the roof/feeder, i also use fondant rather than liquied in the feeders in winter with one of the dividers removed

some countries require both registration of hives and your registration number on Hive and Jar of honey

the tunnels are more likely to be used if 6" deep and a mix of smaller diameter holes that you see being sold retail

A local beekepers pools our wax and gets KBS to roll it into foundation we can buy from him, it smells wonderful

Bing ariel is later 2018 most areas as they have a photo on my car and trailer tent on a campsite in june 2018

i use izettle for door sales , paypal family and friends for pre-orders and bank transfer for bulk to shops if a punter pays via normal paypal the deduction is quite high, i am going to have a lot of honey unsold this year as all my fete, school fairs, & christmas markets have been cancelled

In some countries who have compulsory registration, your registration number has to be on your honey label or you cannot sell it

In 1968 i had a holiday job at rothamsted driving the tractor for variuos departments including the Bee department, the predicessor of the NBU L Bailey had expiremented in the 1940's with methods of venting hives in winter by cracking the crown board rim once the bees were in cluster as a...

Derick, you your answer is similar to what i was about to write, The trouble with a lot of american work is that often they have hives vented by a top entrance and you never know until you read the full document

75% of hives inspected over the weekend only had only eggs 20% broodless and 5% (the smallest colonies) had capped brood...its a funny year, nectar flow stop early and so did the queens, we are now seeing queens come back into lay now we have ivy flowering here and ivy pollen is coming in by the...

The EU which I know we are no longer part but our laws still follow define Honey as a product of an animal and therefore subject to same legislation as Milk, Eggs and Crab Meat i suspect FB have used the same definition