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defo go for a bb wear or sheriff suit. I have one and not been stung through it yet although they have tried dont go the boiler suit route, they will eventually find a way to get in my bb wear suit makes me feel very safe even when handling nasty bees

Hi guys, went to inspect a couple of nucs that i have on my garage at home. When i cam to the first nuc, I immediately spotted this years queen dead only 4 inches from the enterance!! On looking at the frames, i have found they have made either a supercedure cell / emergency cell. Up until...

Hi guys, I have a ****** nuc and filled up the feding compartment with 1:1 syrup last week. on inspection today, the is a inch or 2 of moudy syrup left in the bottom of the compartment. any ideas what i should do? I would like to clean it out but how when the nucs full of bees

did anyone from here collect this??

Hi guys, just had a call about a swarm in a conifer tree. Guy says its only 5ft up from ground anyone who wants it call mr collins

Looks like I've messed up then. Only option now is to remove failing queen and merge a further swarm with the still queenless colony. I would rather give them a laying queen, don't really want to give them a frame if brood for them to rear emergency queen cells. Always been told emergency queen...

Hi guys, had a queenless colony, confirmed via test frame. I added a swarm I caught a few weeks back to the hive but as I was transfering the frames, I spotted the queen. She looked really lathargic (sp?) she even fell of the frame into the grass without any help from me. I picked her back up...

I put put over 345g in each jar which was just over the neck of the jar but as the air is working its way out, its now looking like ive underfilled the jars. bit pants really but I was worried if i let it sit in the seltling bucket too long, i wouldnt be able to pour it off. wasnt using a honey...

no worries mate but just start up your own thread next time, makes things so much simpler.lol

sorry mate, dont have the answer to your question but I had to say this 'how does your mrs let you do this?' i would be out on the streets with me bags packed, pronto......

Norvic, dont want to sound too harsh but this Is why you shouldnt jump in on someone elses thread, it just complicates things!! im not too sure if finman is talking to me or you now but I assume its me!!! or is it you :rolleyes: doh!!!

Hi guys, finally jarred some creamed oil seed rape honey last night. Problem is ive got a white 'scum' on the top of each jar near the shoulder. Im sure this is only trapped air working its way out but will i still be able to sell it like this...

thanx for the reply. once all the flyers have left the original hive, whats the best thing to do with the old brood frames as they still have capped drone cells. seems a waste just to bin them

Hi guys, just had a call to say a pretty large swarm had landed in a small cherry tree. Sounds like its a prime swarm from the size of it. postcode of swarm is CW11 4NH. if interested, please pm me and I will give you the homeowners number. Too far for me to travel

Hi guys, I think i have a hive with a working layer. All brood capped as drone, pitter pattern laying and 2 or 3 eggs in cells. I could be a drone laying queen also but I cannot find her anyway, Im going to shake them all out and remove the original hive so hopefully they will bg to get into...

I knew I shouldnt have asked that question lol I know they are a 12oz jar but 12oz of honey and 12oz of water have different densitys, therefore the volumes will be different. so this this not matter?? should I just put in 12oz or 340g

Hi guys, as per the title, i have some 12oz jars to fill. This is the first time ive bottled my honey to sell so want to get this right. how much honey (weight) should be in a 12oz jar?? also, ive just creamed my oil seed rape honey as per the sticky. Any advise before I bottle it any advice...

bit harsh dont yer think!! something is better than nothing. I say well thought of and give it a try. It surely cant make things worse

Hi guys, had a call about a swarm in a small bush. Apparently its really low down on the bush so really easy to collect anyone interested please pm me and i will tel you were it is

i was trying to find a stainless steel version but these dont seem to say what they are made from. Only give away is 2 tone colour of the metal