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They have in Jersey and very well organised too

It remains to be seen whether vv can get established here, my betting would be "yes" for the far south at least, further north hopefully...

I needed to borrow a case some years ago to show, thought it looked relatively straightforward woodwork (and with opportunities for...

I made one, I based it on the Thrones but used a router to put a slightly more decorative edge on the base. Not really sure it was worth...

WELL .. By all accounts France didn't do a lot .. at least here there is Asian Hornet Watch and lots of us in the front line who know...

Yes, we had a few made to encourage new members to enter the frame class in our branch association. Quite easy and cheap to make tbh

I have the same around me and have to be careful to avoid starvation. It’s been the worst I’ve known this August - nothing coming in. If...

I have just been to one of my Abelo poly hives that I was asked to put in a garden in the middle of “nowhere”. It has a large meadow of...

The queens are my own, I graft around 10 queens a year and replace as and when they need them, I have a mix of cedar nationals and poly...

Yes. We have been using a variety of methods to monitor numbers, sugar roll, CO2 and IPA with the varroa check pots...

It has been a bumper year this year, so much so that I haven’t finished extracting yet, I still have around 10-15 full supers still on...

Small batch extraction is the way to go, producing “artisan” honey that changes with batches, rather than producing an homogenised...

I suspect you might well have. I think the regulations for medicinal sweets are pretty onerous. I would definitely check before you...

I’ve only ever had excellent service from Freeman and Harding. The jars are British made too.

Thanks all super handy!