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Definitely remove the two clean supers asap, they will move everything up into them otherwise, especially if you remove the excluder. You have to consider how bees live. As autumn approaches they will move all their stores to the top of the hive with any brood immediately underneath it. This is...

We have two rescues at the moment. I prefer the ex barns rather than the ex caged, we still have our two last ones which were ex caged separate as they are having trouble interacting with the others and still have bald patches. The only thing to be careful of is their sudden change of diet, we...

When you happen to have dropped a phone down the toilet after it slipped out of your pocket you understand why you need somewhere to put it😁 It never worked again.

To keep honey squeezy it usually needs heating to over 60⁰ or super sieving to remove any pollen that might cause it to crystalise. Both can ruin the taste and smell. It depends if you want a sweet liquid to add sugar to something or if you want a quality product. Very few unheated honeys remain...

Honey is one of the most adulterated foods that are available for sale. Most people wouldnt know sugar water with colouring from real honey. Many come from numerous countries and are blended together to look right. If you don't know the origin of the food source how do you know what is in it...

My dishwasher sends me an email to tell me it has finished!!!!!!

Just had exactly the same. Got a wonderful picture of him nicking it. Put it on face book and the yesterday his mum brought him round to apologise and pay for it. we had a long chat. Probably in one ear and out the other. The good side is that he and his mates enjoyed the honey so much they have...

I used the plastic going and groove in my indoor swimming pool which is inside a barn. Brilliant stuff, easy to wipe down and clean. Wickes sell it.

Buy a shed, completely line it in builders board, stick tongue and groove plastic wall planks on the walls for easy clean , tile the floor or use vinyl cut offs Makes sure you can get water and electricity to it and Bob's your uncle!

Buy a wildlife type camera, a trail camera. They are great and will give you a set amount of video from the moment they are triggered.

Nothing to lose, requeen stroppy hive with queen from nuc now.

Worth getting if they come up on offer. I did the same last year at Sainsburys and then got money off the next lot with my nectar card

Must be thin bleach as the thick bleach has coagulant in it.

You can buy any size box on line and a sheet of newspaper, or even better, white tissue, is all that us needed. Why not get the box printed up with your logo. It is the presentation that gets repeat customers

Or, thirdly, you can spin it all off and give it back to the same hive in a rapid feeder.

Before you spend any money go with someone when they open their hive. It just may not be for you! Hopefully someone on here may volunteer 😁

Pardon! might need a little help with that!

put enrico in the filters in the blog page... Second year and we have all been there and it may help you to know you are not alone :icon_204-2:

:welcome: to the madhouse

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