Recent content by weathercock

Rosti, I like your idea of the fisherman's scales. I like things that you can measure...my wife cooks by instinct; I need to weigh everything and use a timer. What would you say would be a good weight for a BB going into the winter, measured as you describe?

Hmm...my experience a few days ago of uniting 2 hives was not so successful. I've never done it before. Had a weak, queenless colony which I thought might struggle through the winter after it swarmed a few weeks ago [my negligence, but you learn by your mistakes...] I moved it gradually next to...

My 11 yr old son and I have an on-going competition to see who can catch the most wasps. I like strawberry jam and he goes for apricot. Strawberry definitely catches more. There are always wasps around the hives this time of year with or without baited jam jars - I am sure they won't attract...

Thanks for that, everyone! I don't think I'll be doing any drilling...

My first post after 'ghosting' for a few months... I'm reading David Cramp's 'A Practical Manual of Beekeeping' at the moment and would like to know what people think about his suggestion of drilling a 1cm hole in the supers to help the bees access them during a heavy flow. Alternatively, he...