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Ahh, so that's how that works. OK then I'd scrap the idea. Lol. If anyone wants to get some ivy honey, how do we get around to do it? It seems that it's always preached to feed them from Aug to Oct. But ivy only flowers around mid Oct to end Nov.?

I had commenced feeding now and plan to stop in early October, currently running on double brood boxes and supers removed. Was thinking to get a batch of ivy honey in autumn to try out as I have alot of ivy in my neighbourhood, last year I remember them flowering right up to December! I am...

i got some tobacco leaves growing in my allotment, i wonder should i try dry some and add to the smoker if nicotine kills them?

u mean when collect they give complimentary bacon butties?! cool i'm in if so! hahaha

thornes' seconds also now dont come with runners anymore. i think the 3rds also don't come with nails so yes use screws instead with a small drill bit to make pilot hole to prevent wood split if nailing through a knot

wow is it that bad? ok point taken haha

anyone tried the 3rd quality from thorne before? how bad is it or its still acceptable? was thinking to get some to gamble if 5 pcs i get 4 out mixing around still an ok deal?

Tempted to try a gamble with the 3rds quality brood boxes and supers from Thorne.. Have anyone bought from them before and are they worthwhile or more hassle than it's worth??

i did that yesterday too! couple of floating toothpicks!

i do smoke the bees at the entrance, but not to the point of smoking alot to annoy them, just a gentle puff, enough for them to get the note that i am coming, then lift off roof. i do find just using little smoke goes a long way. keep an eye on the ones that guards the frames (if they look like...

Ahhh thanks!!!! Good to know!

Hi all, anyone have the above eke and can advise the height? I got some 1" battens and gonna knock a few of these ekes out for my hive but wonder if 1" is gonna be too low or is it OK?

u am in SE london and i don't see my supers filling up much anymore, so i just placed clearer boards yesterday and consolidated end brood frames above QE, to also extract these to make space for queen to lay winter brood

i witnessed a foraging worker bee attacked by a wasp. Bee was landing on a lavender flower, once landed, the wask flew straight on to her and both fell on the floor, i had to step on them to squash both. Likely the wasp would have delivered the sting to the bee already anyway so worker bee would...

thats great, i last inspected the hive was about a 2 weeks ago (i inspect fortnightly now to avoid distrupting them ). this was a swarm captured in april and they had been very busy building brood (brood and eggs was right up to the edges of the brood frames) i reckon its all the young emerging...

Happened yesterday afternoon, for about 15 mins. then quiet down again. A friend said the hive is getting robbed, but i am not too sure, firstly because this is the strongest hive out of the 3 (2 hives and 1 nuc). then i looked at the varroa tray its clean as i cleaned it in the morning, and...

i saw similar with mine near my apiary at home too. a robin jumping around nipping a couple of bees, i think its ok if its just a 1 robin, but not sure if its alot as you described. just be mindful if its during requeening and mated queen flies off to mate and get eaten. and not sure what u can...

ok i now learnt why the local association harvest honey in beginning of aug instead of end aug. there are fields of empty land around the apiary, and with this there is usually a gap in between late july and august of which the apiary managers previously had had bad tasting honey when the bees...

Hi, i do feel the association is correct, u should not be keeping bees until u had completed a course. which involves practical and theory. Tho not completely necessary if u have someone to guide you but it seems you had jumped in the deep end without a lifeguard to ensure u don't drown...

i agree they love oregano and also love thyme. i have a passion flower they go crazy for it too, i think because passion flower have alot of nectar. at 8pm in the evening when its turning dark they are still flying to my passionflower plant in my garden to forage until the last bit of daylight