Recent content by NiallD

This figure requires a bit of clarification; On the one hand , from the FIBKA website; ''Honey yield is greatly influenced by seasonality. However, a beekeeper who attends to the basic principles of management should be able to achieve an average of 20kg per hive per annum. The yields...

I came across a few of those yesterday when doing a bit of requeening. Pink caterpillars, about 25-30 mm long and lively for a caterpillar. Interesting to know what they are.

These bees are in a double brood box.....they are very unlikely to run out of room.

You say they're on double brood boxes, National, I presume, it's the start of September so you've got about 6 weeks to get the weight up. From your start point there's no danger you have overfed them. That will keep them going while you see what the weather and the ivy will do. Rather than...

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In principle,for recovering wax from frames this is a good solution,as in,steam melting. The side bars would be easy to clean as you unload the hot frames. The weak point with this particular model is possibly the small steamer. Okay for occasional use but not really up to continuous...

Foxylad. If you decide that the Sublimox is the way you want go then consider the Oxalika alternative Professional oxalic acid vaporizers - Most used in Italy - Oxalika It works on the same basic concept but would seem to offer a number of features which would be appealing; 1. It has a 12v...

And where are we now??? Honey yields of 200-300 tons/annum........as compared to Denmark with 2000-2500 tons, a similar sized Northern European country. Lack of availability of mated queens is a huge problem. No Bee Inspectorate or any kind of disease control strategy. These are some of the...

But he's certainly trying to tell beekeepers in Ireland what bees to keep.

Thank you for your thoughtful response........This seems ,to me ,to be a reasonably accurate observation of some of the issues involved .BTW, I would have quite a bit of experience of the business of producing honey in quantity.

Sublimox is rated for 300W intermittently.........Your 600W generator will be adequate.

That's some statement, Lad.

Don't forget Ivy which should be plentiful and yields a substantial flow Sept/Oct in most years with the odd exceptional year. It's primarily used as winter stores by the bees but is valuable nonetheless...

Danish Buckfast breeder, II or island mated.

I'm not in the UK but on an adjacent island;)......Thanks all the same Slán go fóill