Recent content by Nose Ma

re: pheasants No issues here at all, ever, despite them and partriges being fed for the local shoots so we have many tens of them near the hives. They may pick off dead bees, but never gone for the hives direct.

The FSA requires a moisture content on no more than 20%, 23% for bakers, and 25% for bakers heather honey. See "The Honey Regulations 2003" on the FSA website, Scehdule 2.

<begin pedantry and off topic note> There's a note above that dynamite (which is usually based on nitroglycerine (1,2,3-Trinitroxypropane)) is used as a measure for explosive strength. It's not. TNT (as in trinitrotoluene or 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene) is the explosive used as the metric...

Karol I assume you are aware of the weta that can repeatedly be frozen? According to Wikipedia (may or may not be correct) it has particular proteins in its haemolymph to prevent it freezing. It may be a reasonable assumption to make that a queen wasp is similar. As another points out it’s...

^^This. I've always seen myself as a beekeeper, not a bee abandoner or a bee exploiter. I note both Bros and Chris live away from others, which is fine, but when your bees are near civilisation one has to take responsibility and deal with swarming before it becomes a nuisance. The best method...

In the spirit of "teach a man to fish" and all that - if you type into google 7/16 inch in mm it will convert it. It does weird units to, so 30mph is the same as 80,640 furlongs per fortnight.

IIRC it damages the mites' "claws" so they grip the bees less effectively, and fall off. I think the late Mr Cushman's site explains it.

This I found really hard to do, it's something new and holds fascination. I suggest a clear (polycarbonate is better than glass) crownboard (or whatever you wish to call the board below the roof above the brood box) or one of those windowed brood boxes, just so you can have a peek without...

Also doling out little nicotine patches after every inspection would be a bit of a drag...

My suggested solution to OFCOM (ignored) was that for a sales pitch of "up to" 20Mb I would pay "up to" the monthly subscription proportionatly to what was actually delivered.

Nepal's flag is awesome. Hard to get that one upside down.

re: drone paternity @cravenr Well, a drone is from an unfertilised egg, so by definition it is very much the mother's sole input, as you say, it has no dad, but does have a granddad. His* mother will be from the genes of her mum and dad in about equal measure. All other things being equal, this...

Some pointers: 1) Short. Keep it short. Leave everyone crying for more not begging for less. 2) There's a "News at Ten" technique about signposting. The idea is people like to know where they are being led, so tell them what you are going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them what you...

Pete The Dudley Citizens Advice crowd may be able to help - www.citizens advice.org.uk/bureau_detail.htm?serialnumber=101274 (or one closer to you if you are Sandwell). (take out the space) As Martin suggested above, deposits should be protected in a scheme, not just held by the landlord. See...

We had some copper slug tape left over, and I stuck it around the hive stand's legs. No more slugs. Before they'd climb around the hive but do no apparent damage (you could see the slime trail next day). Now I just hope nobody nicks the hive stand to get the copper...