Recent content by Tyler1982

Welcome to the forum and the start of your Beekeeping journey, read as much as possible and gather knowledge from a vast array of very knowledgeable Beekeepers on You Tube👍🏻

Just an Update......Stripped the incubator to find a dead wasp wedged in fan blade stopping it turning, removed wasp and tested, all working, just another reason to hate wasps lol

35 degrees Celsius

Yes, I've just checked my incubator with another thermometer, the RCom 20 is showing 35degrees but isn't heating, gutted, think they've chilled, thankfully I put most in nucs and apideas so hopefully they will be fine 🤞🏻🤞🏻 Thanks both for your sound advice 👍🏻

Ok, thanks for the prompt reply, I put 3/4 day old grafts into starter finisher on 14th July and pulled out last Sat 29th, they are still in incubator etc Shouldn't they have emerged by now or am I getting my timings mixed up? (First season of grafting)😬 Thanks again

Looking for some advice Re queen rearing, I have carried out two separate grafts and on both occasions they have died at the pupa stage. I put my 3 day old grafts into a starter colony until sealed, I then put cells into relevant apideas, nucs and remaining into incubator after 9 days, after 20...

Oh not good! Yes I can Vouch for that, always had great queen's and customer service from Laurence at BMH also bought some of Jolantas queen's which I still have in my colonies and are laying like the clappers, I was just after an F0 in order to produce F1 queen's myself and save a few bob 😄

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Thanks very much for steering me clear, nothing more frustrating than poor customer service, especially after spending a considerable amount of money.

Looking to purchase an F0 Breeder Queen, I realise this should have been ordered pre season but looking for advice on where to source one from, I've looked at Melo Bees? Anyone purchased from here? Are they UK mated? TIA

Heading to Telford on the 24th, First beekeeping show and looking forward 👌🏻

Looks like orientation flights to me, figure of 8 outside hive!

@jeff33 Thanks for that, I notice your from Gower too, born and bred in Pennard myself but living in Carmarthen now, small world 👌🏻

@jeff33 This has crossed my mind and something I've been meaning to ask as I have 14 X 12 and like you say nice come as standard deep? What do you suggest I do? TIA Diolch

Thanks for that Peter, I will certainly get in touch with Carmarthen beekeeping society to try and get help and advice from a local mentor 👍🏼