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Maybe a very silly question but if bees were working a field of flowers some distance from the hive would they remember to fly straight till it again the next morning or if the weather was bad would they remember a few days later? Darren.

I have a pulsar thermal monocular for fox control and can't fault it, Pulsar now have one out at under £800. Darren.

Hey i have noticed that the Isle of wight honey show is normally on around the first Saturday of November each year but can't see a date for this year. I might be on the island around that time and could have entered a few jars in the show, anybody on here know much about it? Thanks Darren.

The heather is really pouring into the hives in the Mournes here at the minute, every bit of space in the hive is getting filled with nectar.Best iv'e seen in years.

Hey millet, does any of that borage self seed, just starting to plant some round the house and lane here, thanks Darren

I use a electric nail gun from screw fix and can't fault it in any way. https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb517stp-25mm-corded-nailer-stapler-240v/71120.

Did the honey and beekeeping shop in Cowes ever open up again anywhere else? Darren

Soft rotten wood, i'll collect it now in the autumn and let it dry till next year. I can have it smoking, block up the smoker and travel 20mins and it will still fire up again after a few puffs. Darren

They get called blaeberries here , we were eating them three weeks ago while doing a walk, the bell was well out then too and in places now the ling is out with the rest very close behind. Darren

All the hives are wood. I have a big electric boiler, does any one know if the super frames had the wax cut out could they be boiled in bleach? Would this be enough or do i burn all? all the brood frames and bees have been burnt in the infected hives. Darren

Is scorching a hive with a gas blow torch enough to kill the spores of AFB?? after the rest of the hive parts have been burnt. Darren

Still a week or so away here from flowering in Co Down, this has been the best spring weather since i have started beekeeping, this past few weeks have been sunshine none stop more or less with more to follow, the hawthorn is in full flow here with the nectar getting piled in. United all hives...

I had a hive with queen cells last friday, i done everything by the book using a snelgrove board, checked the box with the old queen in it today and there is more queen cells started, I have never used this method before, any idea why they are drawing more queen cells and does the snelgrove...

i washed a good few last week with a wheelie bun full of water and bleach. Darren

My bees have been flying most mornings all week from around 8 onwards, not an air here today and sunny. Have yet to open them, just happy to let them get on with what ever they're doing.Was starting to forget what nice weather felt like. Darren

What about on your own doorstep at Gormanstown from july the 24th-29th,its the 70th year and always has plenty of gear at it, with the euro rate and me north of the border its brilliant, with the exchange rate last year i was able to pick up 10 national manley frames for £7 and they weren't...

I paid £57 for 5 12.5kg blocks of fondant yesterday at Lisburn,Andrews Ingredients.

Same nuc out again this evening but not in the same numbers, was very mild today and bees flying strong.

its raining heavily here now but this morning when it was dry all seemed normal with very little happening, with the mild weather i have still to put the mouse guards on these nuts, maybe a mouse tried to go inside i was thinking, as they are in a walled yard i can't think of what else would...

Just came home to find one of my nucs out the front of the house flying very strongly in the dark, the front entrance of the nuc was very active and when i turned on the house and outside lights the bees all starting coming towards the window, it was very hard to even get near the nuc with a...