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Yep, December born, Hampshire Downs. Only a small flock, 4 lambed so far, 5 ewe lambs, 4 ram lambs running total, 5 ewes left to go. No major issues so🤞the rest will come along with no issues.

honey room on hold at the mo……I’ve moved to the sheep shed

I would search out your local association/s - at this time of year they may be having Winter talks about various topics. Also a good opportunity to meet other local beeks. I would personally listen to everyone - yes you will have a variety of responses but you’ll be able to put into practice...

Don’t want to tempt fate but I’ve used acetic acid for a number of years & not had any issues - but have had issues with wax moth many a time through the seasons. 4 supers go onto a dolly, then 150ml acetic on a towel spread over the top of the frames, then another 4 & repeat. Whole stack is...

For future reference if you want them to clear some supers or brood frames put them under the brood box - they don’t like it there & will move it up more readily. Crystallised frames they aren’t so keen on but they will if cappings scraped and sprayed with a little water.

You don’t know if there’s a queen or not, if not they’ll gradually die off to nothing (or quickly die off in a cold snap) giving you some spare kit going forward - just be mindful of possible disease issues. If there are queens and the gods are smiling then hopefully they’ll pull through. Other...

I wouldn’t be going into any hives at this time of the year personally - best left to their own devices to settle & sort themselves out for the Winter. Would strongly advise against taking brood / eggs from your ‘strong’ colony - at least if the other two fail you will have something remaining...

Fortunately I’ve a Swienty which does, didn’t realise this was the case with Lysol/Abelo. Even so I still wedge with a block of wood to ensure better drainage for wax.

I think you’ll find the advice is not to leave unattended so unless you’re prepared to stay awake your 24hrs may prove probmatical. I only switch on when full, couple of times during the season. Temp is set to approx 40 bottom & top to start increasing to 60 top as the wax softens and level...

CGF, don’t think I’d be keeping jars in the freezer………combs & packaged sections etc yes but Honey in jars only when it’s about to go out the door.

Not this year Amari - an impromptu trip to collect something shiney ;) It was also good to meet up with a fellow forum member over a coffee for a general chat, see a few of the traders & pass the time of day. A big shout out to Joyce Nisbet for the loan of a socket set while the firemen were...

Travelling down to the Show tomorrow (Saturday), if anyone is meeting up at lunchtime can I gatecrash? Be good to put a face/name to fellow forum members.

Hats off for trying though (albeit the National may not be the best place to try). Honey Shows are in danger of disappearing into the dark ages which would be a shame in my opinion.

If investing in a settling tank then I’d personally not hold back & get a heated one - Abelo do a good range which I’d recommend. Disadvantage is cost. Advantage is with a little warmth the Honey will settle quicker and god forbid you’ll never have a huge amount of Honey set in a tank. When I...

Try and get to a local association or meet some other beeks to see their set ups before committing to one size/system, could save a few pounds in the long run as I’m sure you’ll expand your 1 colony into two or three at least. Put the feelers out on here to see if you can meet a few fellow...

It'll be nice to see European manufacturers names on that list……….🤞

Go commercial brood box and use national everything

I will shout up in support of our local bee inspectors - David Burns & Chris Milton, very lucky to have & I wouldn’t like to lose them.

Might need a little more detail even for an un-scientific survey. Is that 22 colonies with a super on each? I’m Guessing you use 14*12, standard nationals I’d expect full supers of brood.

Well done to the inspectorate, let’s hope nothing sinister comes from this latest incursion 🤞