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Yes, I find it offers the ideal nest size for my bees.

Depends on a load of different things, I've heard much generalising about performance tailing off, vibrant, young queens and such but I've always found some queens are good and some are not. We have some four year old queens who are out performing one year olds. Some who make no attempt to swarm...

In fairness Eric, my reply was to Dani and ordering with APC pure, you ordered from someone else, which is what I did after I received the email and arranged a refund. As I said before all I can do is say what I've seen and some suppliers are now applying restrictions.

Go back and order a kilo, don't cancel it and wait for the email confirming your order, that's when they want you to explain. You will receive a reply from Ellen explaining the new legislation brought in by the UK government on Oct 1st 2023. You can proceed with your order if you feel you meet...

AGWoodcare among others also quote the same new regulations, all I can do is say what I've seen. Times and attitudes are changing.

OA is covered by a law on poisonous substances, it's not available to individuals.

Conservation is not racism.

I had the same comment when I used to take beginners at the association apiary. Also had people complaining about runny bees after they just pumped thick smoke throughout the hive, poor things were running around in panic.

I think we have a couple of varieties which flower at different times, hence why you will always find gorse in flower, somewhere.

The result of a queen rejected after she smeared her antennae with green paint. I found no sign of her and no brood a couple of weeks after I marked her and the 'incident' occurred and was contemplating turfing them out when I caught a glimpse of this little queen. Today she strolled into view...

34 degrees at the farm today, must be summer. There were some colonies that needed checking for signs of a laying queen, which meant dragging five full supers off to get to the brood box which was fun. Brood present thankfully and a lot of nectar filled cells as well so an extra super added to...

I'd say it was based on law of probabilities.

That's why I always encourage others to do the same, infinitely more rewarding to raise your own queens and better still when working with a group.

From 5.50 to 8.10 He says it all ;)

I don't sell queens, most of the queens raised each year are distributed among local beekeepers who are part of a black bee group. Some are daughters of Amm queens and others are local black genetics and the majority go as virgins, I think it's much better that way.

Honey bees making the most of the last of the Veronicastrum.

Wrong colour, wrong talons. More likely a Blackbird.

I use both methods, generally setting up nucs with cells and harvesting others to run the virgins into mating nucs made up as and when required. Success rate is on a par.

Well spotted, Emily. Easier to see here.

Yep, that was only part of my breakfast after a large bowl of porridge ;)