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That's just a long-winded way of sticking your fingers in your ears and singing "La la la, I'm not listening". But that's fine by me...

To be honest ... I have no desire to convince anyone whether honey is helpful to their hay fever - you can rabbit on as long as you like...

Sure, the same effect, nature itself gives that relief. The last my visit of the apiary was in October 22. Varroa treatment and fast...

The Nigerian Prince I'm related to left me $15million in his estate as I was his only living relative ... I must get around to sending...

I inherited a morbid fear of spiders from my mother who was terrified of them .. I can deal with them these days - a jar and a bit of...

Or as a hay fever sufferer experiencing the relief that a spoonfull of honey a day has on the symptoms ! Personal experience, perhaps...

Goodness Podilla, we have no idea about what you must be going through over there. I find my bees and looking after them is a welcome...

As for honey the season was not good. There was a heat wave in July. The temperature reached unbelievable 40C when sunflower flow...

Thanks jenkinsbrynmair, a lot of food for thought there. The 'fiddling' is a definite hazard, but in recent times the only fiddling has...

I admire your ambitions. I took over a neglected club apiary last year. I am experienced. My first task was to sort out and clean up...

Firstly, make sure you have an agreement with the committee as to who runs the apiary. As apiary manager you need free rein to arrange...

Glad to hear you are OK Podilla ... your valley looks lovely - But climate change seems to be affecting you as it does for the rest of...

I used it a fair bit at the start of this year, in the main because I was told that if you're job-hunting in IT you really need to be on...

I joined many years ago when I was working. Not for me but it was useful for the company to "poach" guys from another company as you can...

no way am I moving to Oxford, full of weirdos and 'survivor bees'