Recent content by Otis Hogg

I see what you mean, I should have used Dn1 frames not Dn4

Dummy boards Made 10 dummy boards from a sheet of plywood I liberated from a skip. Have a look on my blog at https://riddlesdenbees.wordpress.com

Crown Boards I failed to find any free sheets ply wood so I went to the local wood yard and bought an 8×4 sheet of 9mm exterior plywood. A very helpful guy at Merritt and Fryers in Skipton even cut the sheet up into 460mm x 460mm, saved me about an hours works measuring and cutting. We got 10...

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This endoscope was supposed to work on Android, I downloaded loads of software on both my phone and tablet but it never worked. I ended up getting it to work on Linux (not tried windows). The recording is part of the software, takes videos and pictures.

https://www.facebook.com/The-Bee-Yard-636954833071308/ I bought an endoscope a few weeks ago, I popped it in my hive last week. Check it out on my facebook page. Ill see if I can get some more videos later.

websites I run Hi I run my own bar and brewery supplies business I run this though Reg123. I also run a blog for my bee stuff, this is run via wordpress. I also have a facebook page for the bees at The Bee Yard www.barleybottom.com https://riddlesdenbees.wordpress.com/...

Inspection day Had an inspection day yesterday, I found 2 supercedure cells with larva inside. I looked through the frames twice and the queen was nowhere to be found. It looks like there were trying to kick here out that day when I saw her on the landing board. Paul

No queen cell when I looked on the Monday, Ill have another look this weekend. They seem fine, pollen is coming in and there no more nastier then usual.

She was a new mated queen 2 months ago, laying like mad. There was capped brood larva and eggs in the hive on Monday. It was just very odd to see her on the landing board

I was looking at my hive today and they seen to be a lot of bees on the landing board. I had a closed look and the queen (New this year) was stood there surrounded her minions just taking in the sun. They were not balling her, just fussing around her. I had inspected them on Monday and...

My first attempt are queen rearing, I grafted 10 larvae and 2 have been accepted. Not a great success number wise, but im happy with the results.

Thinking back to my brewing day, why not use a plastic barrel with a kettle or emmersion heater in it. You can look it up on the homebrew forums how to make them. I used one to boil up my beer and it lasted my for years. Paul

Hi Dishmop Thanks for the PM but It wont let me send you a PM back. Ive been offered colonies from a few local guys, so its going easier for me to get some up here, sorry. Regards Paul

Hi Dishmop Ive been offered a couple of colonies from from some local guys, but you can still Pm me if you want with what you have and how much you want for them,cheers. Regards Paul