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Keep a jar from each extraction over the years you can see how colours and consistency differs. Label them with the year

In my defence sometimes I scrape the odd cell that hasn't popped open. :laughing-smiley-014 🥸

Blimey, do you extract outside? I am in a sealed room! I would have all my bees with me if I tried that

By the way I see there are a few acres of borage in fields near Ludlow.... Might be worth a hive or two!

Could well be, odd it's the only one they put in the honey frames!

Occasionally see cells with black pollen in but more than usual this year . Some have more than this one . This is taken after I have heated the cappings with a hot air gun and before extraction just in case you wondered

A tad too fast with the extractor 😱😆😃

I keep getting sent pictures of the hornet mimic hover fly. Nice to tell them not to worry though😊

I always put the half on the bottom

Why make a nine frame extractor? I then have two frames left over with nine holes you can't get them opposite each other so they are unbalanced..... Yes I know there are ways round it but it just niggles me😁😁

45 year old brush from thornes still going strong. Never ever had a problem with it and bees don't mind me using it

I use a Quality Street chocolate tin from Christmas. Made of plastic these days though

look on the soles of your shoes :icon_204-2: :icon_204-2: :icon_204-2:

You lucky person. I love them but they don't generally from well in this country

To be honest grapes are a bit of a waste of time in my opinion. We have red and white seedless. They all ripen at the same time and there is only so many you can eat. I can't be bothered with wine and even grape juice is a bit if a faff. We end up selling most of ours on the gate!

Hi, good luck with the swarms and 🤗

Like you Poot I have had brilliant year, From one hive I now have four three were swarms, one requeened with a black mountain buckfast. Three of the hives have produced well. A total of 170lbs so far and still have supers on. All the honey is light coloured, none tastes of mint but every box has...

What mm nib do you all use on the posca pens.....ta

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I have a couple of boxes of jar but no lids. Happy for you to pay postage