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Known as Arbroath Smokies. Absolutely lovely for breakfast.

I don't suppose really it matters that much, just realise that once you've chosen a "type" then it will be a royal pain in the ar5e to swap things around. I went with 14x12 because I thought rightly or wrongly the size would allow for a few mistakes and I wouldn't be instantly punished with...

Try and get another Hive / Nuc once they are available, then if you bugger up one Hive the other will help you get out of the mess.

I think @Finman is right, a sting on the crown of my head was pretty painless. The one the other week on the cheek bone just below the eye was not great, the day after I had a egg on my face for about 4 days. Finger stings seem to itch and itch and itch.

No supers yet, hold your Horses.

Last week I took out my Nest thermostat and installed a Tado controller and their thermostatic radiator valves. They allow you to set a temperature for each radiator / room. So in a traditional system all radiators are on or off, with this you can set individual temperatures to all each room...

2 x wooden 14x12 Nuc assembledat £200 each 4 x supers ready assembled at £110 each £35 on bits and bobs like queen cage.

I've just bought 2x 14x12 wooden Nuc boxes, a couple of floors and x4 supers. Didn't get enough change for a curry out of £900.00. But it keeps me out of mischief, so the cost is priceless. It costs me more because I buy ready assembled, I can't knock a nail in straight to save my life.

Thats the exact system I follow. Covered a large area of ground with cardboard then a couple of inches of compost, and just keep adding a few centimetres each winter. The no dig beds are light and airy to walk on compared to how the ground used to be. Holds water far better in hot weather to. I...

There's a bloke in my local association, he doesn't treat for Varroa, carry out any inspections, manage queens in any way. He basically puts supers on and takes them off again, that's it. He has around 200 hives and produces a huge amount of honey. I've not seen it for myself but that's what he...

I think give it another week or so and I'll start off some seeds in plugs, indoors to germinate, then out into the greenhouse. I buy the compost pellets that you rehydrate. So with Beetroot, get a tray of empty modules, soak some compost pellets. Make a small hole in the centre and drop in x4...

We like many people above purchased from Simon the Beekeeper. My 5 year old and 2 year old both have suits that fit well. The starter kit is good value with leather gauntlet gloves, smoker, bee brush and small hive tool, it just helps them copy and feel involved. Obviously we don't light the...

As a beginner you have to shut that voice up in your head that keeps suggesting "have a little look". This is my first winter, 2 hives on 14x12 in Derbyshire. One hive has capping of food and brood on the floor suggesting bee's over 4 frames, One has very little. I can see that both hives are...

In what way do they differ Oliver? It’s my first winter!!

I did mine 10 days before the shortest day, one hive dropped loads and the other hardly any. Now starting to see tiny bits of wax on the floor board, so either they are munching loads of stores or starting to lay brood.

As a lovely Christmas present try Collins Beekeepers Bible. Not as in-depth as the Haynes book, but one far more likely to be of interest and read, if they then wish to get Bee's or take up the hobby they can get the other books.

You can either clean or sanitise, cleaning is better. When sanitising you remove all the germs / organisms both good and bad that are living on any surface, be that kitchen units, hands, honey extractor, toilet seat etc etc. To live and multiply, like us they need air, food and moisture...

He also shows when things go wrong and mistakes made, unlike most YouTube videos which shows beekeeping as all sunny uplands and meadows. I enjoy watching his videos and can learn a lot, for a beginner its worth subscribing to his Patreon page.

Bit Raw to be talking about cricket...

I've always used Certainly Wood for my logs, get them in the summer when they are very slightly cheaper... I need to buy a mixed woodland!