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Philip and I are… Stan too.

Better late than never so get Apivar strips in.

Picked them today for you. Not as many as last year but still a good haul. Will have to arrange a time on Thursday Swap you for a jar of honey.

Exactly

It’s what Pete Little always advocated. Apart from one colony that’s what I’ve done but then I have only the seven hives and I’ve been checking after each vape. Hardly any point and a huge waste of time if you are a BF, I agree. Some farmers take an apiary snapshot with alcohol washes but...

😂😂 How much did you pay for it?

Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen. This thread has some very useful info. My parcel of honey was held up at German customs for a week while FedEx and I exchanged emails and forms multiple times. What have I learned. You get four different pieces of paper attach each one to a different side of...

Whats the fuss? We are a maritime nation with maritime weather. And these isles are pretty small so even a minor divergence of an impending weather pattern can miss us completely.

At the apiary tonight

Sorry. I didn’t even see your post when I put mine on

Pine cones and Christmas trees. Large ones. Skeps. Make your own moulds? @Wilco had some success with his last year.

Not in my apiary but watched somebody else @peterbees talking to Kate Humble about his heather honey https://www.channel5.com/kate-humble-s-coastal-britain/season-2/episode-4

My one “mitey” colony is split that raised a new queen. It is a large colony but no larger than the others. Similar genetics too.

I have one the same. It’s had 8 vapes. The others have been pretty low.

One of mine took 7 litres overnight

No not a business.

Does anybody send small amounts of honey to the EU? What courier do you use?

I suspect your bees are hungry and there has been a stampede for the syrup.

I have one that’s had seven

Amitraz is a fast acting miticide. It can be used to measure an accelerated drop. It’s a pity you didn’t look in the first 24 hours.