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eBay.co.uk item number 374907803735 for example, there are lots to choose from just ensure it takes a SIM card and isn't a WiFi model.

Plod have wayyy too much violent crime to investigate. My 2 nephews are both PCs and they are called to stabbings on a daily basis. A sad reflection on the state of this country I'm afraid 😔

I have a solar powered camera with SIM card in trained on my out apiary. It has "ai human detection" so if something resembling a human comes into frame I get an alert on my phone and I can view live as well as activate a siren. They're available on eBay and the like. £100 well spent.

OCD Definitely in the male bloodline of my family.

I think it's possibly hereditary. I do it, my father and brother both do it. The usual time is when sitting or lying with legs crossed. I do it unconsciously and if my wife tells me to stop (it annoys her a lot) I get an "ache" in my calf trying to subdued it.

Saw plenty of hazel in the woods by my out apiary and off white pollen coming in.

I see Ivor Biggun knows his onions on making hornet traps 🙂

I'm a bit late to this party and I've skimmed through the previous posts but what is fipronil custard? I know fipronil is used as a spot on for flea control in cats and dogs but the custard bit I'm lost on?

How about an hydraulic or even small electric log splitter?

That's a relief.

Ok thanks for your answers, much appreciated. I'll do a check on the colony in the out apiary I caught this year just to see if they brought a load of the beggars with them. The hives in my home apiary I know have varroa and I'll do much the same as you treatment wise just wanted to assess the...

Good morning, what volume of bees should I use for a sugar roll and at what count of mites should I then treat the hive?

I had almost exactly the same situation as yourself earlier this year, the colony left on the stand was fine , no detrimental effect from the other bees begging their way in and they're doing fine now on double brood. Like you I had only 5 hives and was reluctant to lose 20% of my colonies but...

Maybe the one in front is Duncan Norvelle...

I've gotta get one of those, although it might take a while to cut through a 1.5m diameter oak 🤔