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That is vey naughty and worthy of a fine.

Depends on wasps, weather and luck. Wasps can overpower a weak nuc.

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Old Castle Farms sell OA.. I struggled to find a supplier.

I keep my pens and Crown of Thorns in a rectangular tin: once used for shortbread fingers.. Toma for me: cheaper and better (ebay)

Thanks for the warning. Don't use them often. BP is normal except I have "white coat syndrome" and my BP is sky high when first tested by a medic.. Each subsequent test sees a much lower reading/ till normal

I am 76 and 77 in two months time and can still lift Lang supers which are a bit heavier than Nationals. 1, Have a moveable stand to put boxes on. Lightweight but strong enough and big enough to take two supers side by side..(For when you want to change order of supers - eg heavier on top)...

Not much forage available and not much foraging taking place when daytime temperatures maxxed at 12C for a period of 3 weeks. Nor much nectar as it was gray and overcast.

9 supers.. June was a TOTAL disaster..

Picked up 9 supers from allotments - Clearer Brds on yesterday - took home in Jazz to day 1pm, extracted and cleaned up before 5pm. Approx 110-130 lbs honey, To be bottled tomorrow am. .Mostly presold/given to allotment members. Like those from my own hives, none had much if any honey in the...

No leather gloves allowed in local association apiary. I keep glove free - vinyls for horrors. Avon Skin So Soft original deters most bees. My bees are largely docile: I requeen nasties. But as a trainer and mentor, I do deal with some real horrors.. With sting counts averaging c 120 pa, my...

My experience of laying workers is they will NOT raise QCs.. tried three times..

Be aware US and UK beekeeping are comparable to US and UK spelling: totally different and almost incomprehensible at times.

Quite simply: You know nothing about beekeeping: Winter is the hardest time of the year for bees. Bee numbers are falling. One mistake by you - accidentally killing the queen - could end up killing the colony. (Where do you gt a new Queen in December?) In Spring, bees expand, there is an...

I strip out the heavy frames into one super.. But having extracted three times this year already, I have now a maximum of three supers on most colonies.

I run big colonies: they need lots of space: three ish supers full of honey - but usually uncapped - and two for nectar.. Fewer supers = swarming.

They don't like you/the hive/the surroundings/ they have been predated/overheated/cold/.....think of any of multiple reasons.. I do no inspections with 5 supers on...too feeble /lazy etc

I go down the incubator/mark/inspect route less resources used and wasted when the Q emerges faulty or does not emerge at all from QC..

Rain does the spraying daily..

I have a worn down cricket bat for when I am attacked by intruders I have a fear of burglars and intruders as I assume they are on my premises to steal or vandalise.. You might even state I have a mental illness such is my fear and loathing for such people. Himalayan brambles and barbed wire...