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All was labeled to regs last year, even stuff given to neighbors/family. But if I know the person well enough that they already have my phone number, then I am just doing batch numbers. If not then I want my label and phone number on that jar, I have got some orders that way already.

She is a good friend of my wife and I asked exactly the same questions when she ordered so many. She got 10 jars last spring and 40 at the end of summer, so took a good % of my total harvest, and is by far my largest customer. I give a lot to neighbors and family, so she accounts for a even...

u Thanks. But if its a record of activity, then I suppose you are providing the forecast ;) Whats to say solar activity wont flare up tmr?

I have now had several customers specifically request unlabeled jars. Its usually the same customers who was and return the jars. So this year I was going to oblige these customers, but thanks for the tip enrico, I will now use a black pen and pop a batch no. on the bottom, just in case I have...

Hi Karol, Where do you get Solar activity or sun spot weather forecast from?

Great post btw, a very interesting and enjoyable little read. Regarding Seeley's 70% - one of my hives swarmed in the spring, the swarm landed on a net screen near my hives. (about 1m from the hive entrance) I watched it for a few h, and bees seemed to be coming and going from the hive to the...

Thanks guys. If some of the land near my hives has soil association certs, I wonder if I can sell my honey as "A blend of Organic and non Organic honey"? Or to be relay misleading, put "Contains Organic Honey" on the label!

No. I have not been keeping bees long and have only overwintered supers once as described. But am confident it will work much the same as dipel. Its basically the same, just uses a different variant of Bacillus. I actually ordered some last year for £11, but it did not arrive. I went to buy...

As far as I know, Oxuvar, Oxybee, VarroMed and Api-Bioxal all contain OA and are (or were) approved. Api-Bioxal is the only one approved to be applied by vape. However they are not for treating frames outside the hive.

I think silicone heat pads are worth considering, like they use in the beds for 3D printers. https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20210807130001&origin=y&SearchText=Silicone+Heating+Pad Many have built in thermometers ready to hook up to a controller. They come in...

Thanks guys. Seems I am not the only one with unanswered questions.

https://rangeplus.com/products/rowse__clear_honey_-_organic_340g?variant=39454289461361&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=Bing%20Shopping&msclkid=0ee6d43903821d30ab6fb534b8e29126 I sure I had heard that we dont have any block of organically certified land in the UK big enough to keep...

I dont think holmbee is concerned if it needs approval to use it. But since it is no longer approved it is hard to obtain. And regarding approval, if you want to get technical... Pesticides can only be used for approved purposes. Unless it has been specifically approved for a given purpose and...

You can also use XenTari https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384299220365?hash=item597a04bd8d:g:YukAAOSwA1lhATWG There seem to be some sellers splitting boxes into smaller amounts too. I am going to keep storing wet too, saves faff. Any brood stained frames will get a real good spray. For any...

Last year, the first super on each hive went below the QE. Some of the frames from these supers were brood stained. It was the boxes with brood stained frames that came under attack. The ones from above the QE were all fine. Luckily I put a sheet of board between each super so they did not...

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Only £5 inc fairy dust and spells, I will take 2, you always sort me out. The last lot of magic dust you sent me took care of my wax moth problem. And I am still looking foward to using the magic feather.

Mine were wet, and the larvae were happily chomping away on them. I was a bit unsure about spraying wet supers with dipel, but it seemed to work. I was worried the extra moisture would ferment the honey. Some of my supers sure did stink in the spring! In the spring I could also see where more...

Does anyone use these, or know what ai they contain...

What do you lot do about wax moth? After extracting last year I left my supers in the consevetory for about a week. When I went to move them to the shed for long term storage, I found some were already under attack from wax moth. So I killed the grubs I could see and sprayed with dipel df...