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Is the honey in a hot room?

.£30 a hive is not prohibitive. The thing I'm not understanding is what you do with the information you get. "Your hive is now at 32c" reads one of the example messages. Ok. So, what now? Its 2pm on a week day. I'm at work, in a Teams meeting. What do I care about the temperature of one of my...

I sell most of my honey through my website. 95% of customers live in the surrounding streets.

There are free bees to be had. You'll need to catch them, first. You'll also need something to keep them in. Before you do all that, you must attend an appropriate course, usually run by your local beekeeping association. Otherwise you won't have a clue what you're doing and won't enjoy it as...

Same as I've experienced this year. I've had strips in for 5 weeks . Only seen a few on the drop board. I'm sure the ants are taking them, as I do see some. Then, when I come back a week later, the ones I previously saw have gone. Also, I don't think I have big mite number this year.

I have a background in ecommerce, and have built a simple online store where I'm selling my honey, and am also selling to a local grocers. At this rate, I'll have sold all my honey in 2 months. I'm keen to be a reliable source of honey. To achieve this, I'll need to buy it in bulk, from local...

I'm seeing the same. I offer 227g (half lb) and 454g (1lb) jars. 95% choose 1lb. And they tell me I'm selling it cheap (£10 per 1lb jar). I'm going to experiment with 1.5kg (£20) tubs. Lots are sold on Ebay. And I've read anecdotal evidence that consumers perceive the large tubs to be more...

I'm having no problems selling 1lb jars at this time.

Here's a niche moan for you... the despatch time of some (not all) online beekeeping equipment retailers. I've experienced 2 or 3 repeat offenders. I'm currently a victim of Thorne. I never learn; I need to stop going back to them. Even when they don't have a sale on, I have to wait days for my...

Sounds like Jain veganism. What if the keeper accidentally squashed some bees during the management of the hive? - which is what usually happens.

Some examples: People (medical students) making me marmite on toast with the same knife they just used to spread peanut butter onto bread. Pesto sauce in a fancy takeout that I didn't know had pesto in it (pine nuts). A takeout from Eat with peanut oil in it, that wasn't labelled as such. Me...

Ah yes. It's a legume. Cheers.

I have a severe allergy to nuts (all aside from cashews and almonds) I'm supposed to carry an epipen with me, everywhere I go. I've ended up in A&E with anaphylaxis on many occasions. I can't imagine how a "may contain nuts" label would be at all helpful, unless you suspect there is a realistic...

For a moment, I thought you were going to admit to owning some Johnny Mathis vinyl. We've also had a few EFB outbreaks here, in West surrey.

I'm there right now. A few shouts of "Erichalfbee's daughter?!" and no response, yet. I think someone may have just called the Ordnungsamt.

In the southwest of Berlin, wild boar can dig up your front garden or the local grassy roundabout. My friend lives in the central Berlin area of Moabit. A few weeks ago, he spotted a beaver close to him in the Spree. In northwest Berlin they have European bison wandering in the forests. In...

Not my apiary. I'm in Berlin and noticed these decorative hives on the border of Tiergarten park, in the centre of town. Can't tell which format they are. Berlin is a very honey bee-friendly city. There are also neighbourhood allotments close to the centre of town with beehives scattered...

Be interesting to see what it turns into. Though, may be one of those dud QC's that doesn't do anything.

That's very encouraging to read. I'm my 2nd year of beekeeping, and learning how to sell my honey. Would you mind giving a bit of background on how you established your honey sales channels? Thanks.

I'm being mentored by the learned folk at beekeepingforum.co.uk Despite that, in my first winter, I achieved a 100% overwintering success rate (y) We'll see how well I fair this year.