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What are you guys doing re winter treatment ? Each year our association do a demo day, which this year is planned for the 12th of Dec, whereby we demonstrate to our members how to administer apibioxal and distribute kits to do it. In the past with oxalic people took the kits away and usually did...

Hi Justbee, I have raw Norfolk honey available by the bucket / jar, will PM you my mobile number.

I spent a couple of enjoyable days at the show. Some good lectures and workshops and a very high standard of show entries. Congratulations to all the winners. Trade hall/s a bit disappointing.

So the best 4 teams are left, all southern hemisphere. They play quick rugby, exploit the space and most importantly make the ball do the work, it moves quicker and doesn't tire unlike the players. Scotland and Wales had the chance to close out the match but couldn't. No coincidence the...

Hi Pete, welcome to the forum and beekeeping. Enjoy both.

I will be there Fri and Saturday, Travelodge couple of miles up the road.

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Great Try by Fiji last night

I harvested nearly 200lb of Ivy'ish honey last year by leaving a couple of supers on hives that had some stores but not enough to cap. That way the had stores and space so that when the Ivy came the filled and capped the supers. I harvested the top one (or both) and put the other underneath...

No problems with taint on the dozens of hives treated over the last 3 seasons. Just took 4 firsts at honey show, no maq's odours or taste.

I have a pair of wild ducks that have been using my pond all year, they come and go when it pleases and now and then get some food from me in the form of fishing pellets. They have had 2 clutches of young, 14 first time of which 4 survived and eventually flew, 10 second time of which none...

Fiji ranked 9th was always going to be a tough opener for the host team. Will be interesting to see how easy Wales and Australia find it to beat them by the same margin. Enjoy the tournament, let Rugby be the winner.

As above, a nuc needs plenty of young bees to raise brood and plenty of stores as the young bees wont be foraging. Nucs are normally made up with mostly capped brood to aid this. Good luck

Seems to me that many old and established beekeepers have the answer to this.........don't spend any ! Trade wax in for foundation, not as cheap as just a strip though. Don't buy expensive second hand firewood hives from e bay !

I put a 30ft porta cabin down the bottom of my garden. Its partitioned 20ft / 10ft and the 10 ft end is my honey room. Spent £150 getting a proper electrical supply to the distribution board which was well worth it. I run 2 warming cabinets, extractor and water heater along with wall heaters...

You have 2 nucs, why not just feed them both, insulate as required and bring them both through winter. Plenty of time yet for them to build up nice and strong. I moved 8 nucs out of 6 frame polys yesterday into full size national broods, 11 frames all drawn, fed them and reduced entrances down...

not too late to split a big colony and make up a nuc as she is already a proven layer. Does make me wonder where she came from though.................how did she become spare, either you wanted her or you didn't, but now you do ?

Ditto, just 1 dead queen in 3 years which was probably my fault as I dose 1 'pad' on a std national 6 frame poly nuc. Found the queen dead in the bottom and probably 50 other bees. I think maybe the smell overpowered the queens smell and they took her out. They then made emergency cells in...

I still have 20 or so supers still to take off and harvest, plus loads of half full ones that will be topped up with Ivy and mustard in the next few weeks. Will take some off in the next week or so when I get chance, no hurry as its not going anywhere. Treated with MAQ's 3 weeks back, leaving...

Our association buy in bulk from Compak (Jars boxed & lids bagged) and add 10% which helps cover our apiary costs, these are the prices they then charge. HONEY JARS & CAPS Pack Qty Pack Price Unit Price Standard 1Lb 72 £20.35 28.26p HEXAGONAL JARS & CAPS 2oz 76...