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£10 per hour is below the national living wage. The reasonable rate for selling the honey would've had to be wholesale price anyway & I'd say he hasn't come back to you due to PLI & indemnity.

This should get a few responses 🤣 £20 per hour for a novice beekeeper. £35 per hour for a Master beekeeper.

As expected

I would steer clear, Otherwise how many weeks per hive. Hives remain your property along with access. Hire of supers as well because you will make a loss yourself, each super per hive could be used by you with honey for you to sell which are now being diverted into this enterprise. Queen...

A radial extractor would be the best option. Are you thinking of expanding in the future, as this may decide how many frames you want to extract at a time? Then decide what your budget is going to be.

No differences between, Buckfast, Jolanta and the locals I breed for myself. Although 2 of my locally bred are on 14x12 with a deep on top consisting of bees covering 8 frames from the top of the deep to the bottom of the 14x12

I stand corrected. I had heard from US beekeepers that the public preferred runny.

Americans have a preference for runny, set is a no no.

2 events, first one in Paris a beggar came to each outdoor table of a restaurant asking for money. In my limited Welsh (my wife is 50% English, 50% Welsh) I spoke to him and he just walked away with a puzzled look on his face. Second time in Estoril in Portugal a deaf mute handed me a piece of...

I would disagree.

In that respect! Mine is heavily tested in that way.

I can just imagine an advert in the newspaper and the espionage that follows. Are you writing a spy book @fian

The answer is still yes. When you have a vindictive person targeting you, which has no connection with honey sales. If you care to reread Bryang's posts there is a long history of these personal attacks, which have then escalated to target the honey sales.

@Bryang I haven't been into Anne Williams Pharmacy since Covid, but Daft Dai @jenkinsbrynmair was selling his honey for around £3.50 per lb. Also at one point he was thinking of selling his apiary site to developers. Now might be a time to pay a visit.

The torch may have a problem with the ignition system and a possible build up of carbon.

Frost has more or less been non existent. HB will continue until such time.

A quick calculation for rendered wax per super. It worked out at 5oz per super.

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/animals-and-livestock/bees/pests-diseases/other-pests-and-diseases/braula-fly Well that's Wiki for you!

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