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thanks all. will do a frame change asap weather permitting plus fumil b

Got a colony with signs of nosema. Could someone tell me how to use thymol crystals for treatment, and would you treat all colonys in apiary. Would this be recomended by members, or Fumil b Cheers, Buzz

just to say ordered on line from Holland and Barrett, in the end. 3 X 460g 13.06 inc delivery

Thanks for such a comprehansive answer.

will it keep?

Hi chaps thanks for the replys. Thinking of getting a bit more than I need to save on postage. Do you know if it keeps, frezer or otherwise. Buzz

I need some, Holland and Barret are out of the powder, anyone got the name of a source, cheap, on line? Cheers, Buzz

Hi would love to use the software, but I'm on Blackberry, just getting the blue banner. Buzz

don't normally get irritated by the tele, but I've found this guy most condisending to pretty well everyone he meets:svengo: The other week his great excitment at the prospect of spraying Amonia on friut trees. Just my thoughts, but just possibly a case of others doing what our boys gave up...

HiPete, just to say that if you talk to Bako they could organise for you to pick up your order from someone local who is a large scale user, they did for me. In my case it was a big time butcher come baker who uses them, they kindly taged my couple of boxes of fondant onto their delivery, no...

:cheers2:Got 18 colony's, and want to maintain this number.On past experiance my bees start swarming on the rape, just as i head off to the Spring convention. I would be interested in your ideas re swarm control without expansion, bearing in mind that the rape is my major necter flow and would...

cut comb took 3 strong colonies to the heather, all on starter strips only. Drew filled and capped in a week, wow!:cheers2: Wish I had taken the other 6 that went to Sunflowers, what a waste of time that was.

merged a few weeks ago. Seem fine. Buzz

Got my first Heather Honey this year (from the Peak district). Beutifully capped. Wish I had taken more hives up, but hey. I sell my bottled stuff to my local farm shop, they sell all I can give them no trouble, with £1 mark up (1lb jars) at £3.50 What is a fair price for my cut comb heather? It...

thanks for that, I'll put in some brood, then unite. Buzz

Any thoughts???

I had a laying worker situation. About a week ago I shook them out a few hundred yards away, as you do. The flyers came back and the younger, non flyers clumped in the grass, as I expected, hopfully with the laying worker. Next day, I noticed they (the clump) were stil alive huddled together on...

Thanks for that Oli, I'll consider myself lucky then. buzz

quick update re SunFlowers. Nil, Nothing diddley squat. Don't know the type of flowers, but they are only about 2 feet tall (is that the norm?) Would have been better off on HB or the Heather I think.

just a thought, but you might not have enought bees to cover the brood you introduce. So, perhaps you need to swap the position of the weak and stronger hives to boost the bee numbers as well, to cover the brood frames. Just a thought