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The sub £30 prices I referred to relate to goods purchased a few years ago, they were good value then (at sale price) - at north of £50 that’s too steep. Let’s face it, you can’t clean them really well, they do get propolised up and woe betide the poly nuc if you get a wax moth larva in...

As already said regarding poly Nuc’s……sale prices…….what sale prices :eek: I seem to recall buying commercial poly’s at £26/£28……..at £55 that’s more than a bit steep for me

Good shout - I spent a while looking at fridges and temps etc A quick google and a vast array of suitable temp storage cabinets(y)

Buckwheat? Can’t mistake it - smells like pig slurry. Edit: Actually can’t be buckwheat as you wouldn’t be querying colour you’d be querying why it smelt so bad :ack2:

Entrance blocks in place? Can help defensive colonies which will quieten things down.

I don’t think your argument regarding jar filling capacity will stand up. You can easily get around this though (I believe). Take a jar of your Honey to a butchers for example & get them to weigh it on their commercial scales, then use this jar as your calibrated weight example when checking on...

Re the 15 years of beekeeping…………..a keeper of bees or a beekeeper………..considerable difference & the ‘I've never been stung’ is a nice headline statement I’m sure we’ll all agree. That said even though I won’t be watching and am overly critical of these types of things it does highlight bees &...

About time this thread was locked…..12 pages of discussion? & no common ground. Can’t see where the saying comes from about asking a group of beekeepers a simple question………………

It’s infuriating me already just a couple of paragraphs into the Guardian write up - as people try to tackle the climate crisis by reversing the decline in bees Also just noted this is for CBBC so I doubt if challenges will include shook swarms & such like:censored:

Nothing wrong with trying to avoid work……..it’s the reason I use MAQS. Interestingly enough I’ve thrown caution to the wind and used on weaker than ideal colonies this year, yet to check on the results but am confident with the product. Two strips used in all colonies. Used in commercial brood...

ITLD……..very well said & a very true observation of the market place

You crack on Holmbee if that’s what floats ya boat………… As for everyone else, I wouldn’t overly worry.

I’d guess that it is starting to crystallise - take a jar of your Honey and try warming it in a pan of water / or an oven at about 50/60 degrees / or possibly a microwave (I never used one myself so can’t recommend 100%). If it clears then that answers your query. If it is starting to...

Well all you good folk wanting to sell Honey at £10+/lb I’ve a suggestion for you. I’m more than happy to sell you my hard earned crop at £5/lb in the bucket, sounds fair enough to me………….50:50 and all you’ve gotta do is put it in a jar & then open the door every so often to take the money. I’ve...

Amari, I’ve colonies close to sunflowers, no bonus crop has come in thus far. Given the current weather I’m not expecting anything either, hopefully you’ll fair better - anything better than that Buckwheat anyhow.

I’m guessing they think it’ll make a nice home on the other side - very clever those little blighters. Bit late in the year to be making a home so if you have them flying in & out at present some good & bad news……….. The bad news……..yep, they’ve established a colony within the cavity 😱 The...

Looks very much like a wasp to me………

If your queen is okay & lays well you’ll need to ensure the colony is strong for going into winter - if there’s nothing coming in around you I’d be trickling feed in, a balance between giving enough stores to encourage brood to be laid up but not filling all the cells with syrup. In the back of...

Only go in when there’s something that needs doing - checking for your queen would warrant a visit(y) Around here it’s pre close down visits for me - assess colony for health/strength, if all as expected/wanted this could be the last in depth brood box inspection. Honey comes off, varroa...

The usual problem at this time of year for me - ambient temperature of 20-25 degrees causing issues with trying to get soft set to ‘set’ and then when it eventually does, forms larger crystals than ideally wanted. I say this as I do seed my soft set and when producing at cooler times of the year...