Recent content by Tribesman

Free state 1922 to 1946 Been the Republic of Ireland since 1946! :judge:

Fáilte romhat, Beachaire ó Chondae na Gaillimhe anseo.

I'm a south Galway Beekeeper, I'm a member of NIHBS and the local bee keeping association. Like the other comments I would strongly suggest joining the organisation and doing a course first. There will be no problem getting nukes this year I'd imagine because of the good winter survival rate but...

Hi I use an incubator for rearing the queens all the time, it's very handy. If you are buying an incubator especially for the job buy one with adjustable temperature because you should turn the temperature down about 2 or 3 degrees after they hatch out of the cells. They will last longer in the...

Hi, Sam Moore, in TemplePatrick, his company is called "the wood shed" you can find him on line. He usually has the best stock of exotic hardwoods in Ireland. I got both ebony and rosewood from him before and it was excellent Quality stuff. If your still having trouble getting it send me a...

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I'm situated in south Galway, in the west of Ireland. At Christmas 2012 I had 34 colonies, all bursting with bees and with loads of stores, all in polly national hives or polly 6 frame nooks. By the first week of may 9 were surviving. All the colonies that died without exception were headed by...

Thanks for that Finman!

Thanks for that, I will try there!

Hi, I'm in Ireland, I want to make up some pollen paties this year for the first time to try it out but cannot get dried brewers Yiest anywhere here. Maybe there is a supplier on the other side of the Irish Sea that might be willing to send it over. Open to suggestions!! Thanks!

Hi, I am a joiner by trade and recently my Dewalt biscuit joiner gave up after 7 years of regular use, the same week I saw them for sale in lidl, I bought it for €28 and so far I have found it nicer to use than the Dewalt. NB. Most Biscuits that are sold are made from compressed Beech, if...

Hi Robb55, I'm in Galway and this is my first year using polynukes. I have also noticed a lot of condensation in my nukes, in some cases the floors were soaked. I don't know exactly what the solution might be but next tear I'm going to replace the floors with a sheet of mesh. The floors are...

I use a kingspan product called stirazone to make my nukes and hives and that comes up to 8 inches thick, it is a blueish colour and it's very dense. It cuts very nicely on a bandsaw and dosn't burn like polystyrene, I'm sure it would cut without any difficulty with a woodworking handsaws too...

Yep, TG4 is the Irish language (Gaeilge) channel on Irish tv. It has some very good documentaries!

I missed it I missed it, was it an Irish made documentary? As Gaeilge? Do you know if it will be repeated??