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I started feeding my mini nucs and next week will be feeding some light colonies with syrup but only if really needed

Planed and jointed enough cedar for twenty seven inch roofs. Planed walls and side bars for another ten broods.got to joint them now. Making another fifteen floors and 20 stands and then I will have run out of cedar again.it should keep me busy on my days off for a few weeks yet until the new...

I give a feed if needed before thymol as most of my hives stop taking syrup once treatment is on.

Once a flow finishes later in season my bees often take uncapped stores back down into brood box especially when on double brood.are you using double or 14x12.

Nearly all my hives are overly aggressive at the moment.no flow and protecting stores.

Had no problem in the past getting cells drawn but the bees nearly always swarmed so I never use the system now.

Just checked hives on the heather and not too bad considering the weather here lately.stronger hives have 2 full supers .a few weaker hives up there to get them fed and they're really heavy so will save quite a bit in sugar this year.

heathers coming along now.took 30 hives up so hope the rest of august will be nice weather...

I've had a queen fly off from mini nuc after marking her.found her in a 5 frame nuc alongside the queen that was already in the nuc.both went through winter and I used one of them for another nuc in the spring.

There's a number of farms right up to the edge of the heather by jbm and most people put hives there including me.one guy came from oxford last year.

Had one fly off year before last then found her in a 5 frame nuc 20yards away which already had a new marked mated queen.they let her in for whatever reason and both were still there the following spring.

If I remember correctly bilberries are red and winberries are purple

Run my thumb over the blade a few years ago.i don't use a guard but always keep my fingers well away from blade now.constantly thinking of hands in relation to the blade every cut I make.

C Wynne jones.fraggle planet.plenty of places around.

Moved hives first thing this morning.sweating. Sorted one apiary.dripping. Did another site and felt like I had been swimming in my beekeeping suit. Glad to get back for a bath

I've had 3 go over the last few days.it happens.

That would be a fair price Pete.might even just about cover cost most years at that price.this year I would need to sell at 30 quid a jar with the amount of honey I have on hives at the moment. Here's hoping for a good heather flow

Because they will attract many more wasps than they will kill.

Screwfix toolstation b@q. I use tackwise 18g

Been using one of these for a few years.ive never had a problem and still works like the day I bought it after a couple of thousand frames.some people have had a few problems with this nailer but the only problem I've had is when I use part strips of brads put in together as it jams the gun.its...