Recent content by steph333

This is one of the first pages i have looked at today and by page 2 and the trolls are it it . No wonder i dont participate anymore and quite often dont even bother to look at this any more, sad days . Stephen

One year in five i have heard my beech tree hum with bees. Every year i hear them in the laurel.

Gentle queens,avoid perfumes and make sure your bee suit is away from any clothes she may wear in the garden. Sounds ominous though. I would miss bee keeping to much and would try for an out apiary. Stephen

Sounds good to me. Try some tin foil over the wood to stop the scorching. Got fed up of the time taken and hassle with a pan vaporiser and have splashed out on an Siblimox. Its either raining when im not at work or i do not have the time : ( Stephen

Beowulf A.Cooper was trying to breed bees which preferred supersedure over swarming.Does anyone know if this work continues? Never here it mentioned anywhere. Stephen

Lime now in flower and a great smell coming from them warm and humid yesterday , today and tomorrow so my luck may be in. Stephen

Cleaned down with cooled boiled water and straight into my elderflower mead

Enjoy Robbo it's a great experience.

I use mite drop board with tin foil wrapped round it.

Great thanks for link :hurray: Stephen

Tatties neeps and haggis done to perfection tonight can't beat it . Just back from Gran Cannaria and there's nothing to compare. Stephen

Yes I will be running brood and a half (much as I admire Finman and his teachings) Probably leave it then as I am with Oliver and disturb as little as possible.thanks JBM

Oliver90 I have a super under brood box at the moment would you just leave it where it is for the coming season? Thanks Stephen

Good on them its always great fun to watch. stephen

Hi Yes I have cheap version from Ukraine used last week for the 2nd year and it works . Slight downside is shallow pan so don't use if you are recovering from the New Year ;-)