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Last year I had a similar problem, My hives are in a little netted compound. But I had caught a swarm and it was outside the compound. So I expanded the netting to go around the hive and the hornets stopped coming. They dont seem like it when they have restricted room to maneuver. The...

I have collected proposal for 2 years and have got about 10-20g so far! I give away what I collect to people that ask for it, as I have never had enough to sell anyway. I have seen people selling piles of the stuff on ebay and wondered how they ever got so much. So I have learn alot from this...

I had intended to make lots of chunk honey, but over did it a bit on Cut Comb production. So now I have excess cut comb to sell witch is not something I intended. I have had customers requesting whole frames of comb, but I need to post it to them. I have explained I am not sure how I will post...

I would just lob it in. If there is a lot of c£ap, then I leave the little cup out of the feeder so the bees can access it better.

Thanks everyone. What about time taken to kill wax moth eggs, I have read varying times from a few h to 2 days. Has anyone got any experience with this?

I may be interested in buying some buckets of honey. I have some local customers that only want local honey, but my postal customers just want good honey, so they wont mind. I am still harvesting, and want to clear my stock first. But may be interested in a few weeks. Back in the spring I was...

Its interesting as someone who is still finding my feet in the hobby to see what kit people actually use. I should have said, I also keep a 2 spare stands by my hives for stacking supers or other boxes on when needed. just saves the back. Then I also have a little stand that I keep my smoker...

I know I should freeze cut comb to kill moth eggs/larvae, but how long for. I have been freezing for 12h, is that long enough? I have made some cut-comb with which I intend to make chunk honey. Some of my customers buy their years supply of honey in one go when I get my harvest. I worry if...

Tried a scraper and japaneese pry bar today. Both work better than Js, but each has its pros and cons. I think I will be keeping both to hand for the time being. Managed to pry some sticky ones without damage. A bit tattered is one thing, but with my old J tools and gun-hoe approach to prying...

All my ceder boxes were brand new this season. That is why I am innoyed to see the wood already getting a little damage. I gave the edges of my ply ones a quick scrape, but other than the occasional flat bee they were fairly clean. My ply ones are just so solid compared to the ceder. Its very...

Like you say, they were made blunt rather than became blunt. I have a spare so no harm in trying to grind one a bit sharper.

I normally just have 2 J tools, my smoker and a lighter. But have been recently inspired by another thread to try a scraper. I started with a traditional hive tool, then tried a J after seeing one in a video. I was an instant convert. I got a second J tool initially for lifting tricky frames...

Thanks for the inspiration guys. I am a J tool man. Actually I duel weld for prying boxes and lifting tricky frames. And yes, they are both very blunt. So I think I will be tacking them to visit a grinder to sharpen them up. It did not occur to me to use non-beekeeping specific tools. I will...

"essay" - how very polite of you. I thought it was more of a rant! But thank-you for your kind comment.

I started out with home made ply supers. But this year I have been running a mix of ply and ceder. My boxes are painted inside and out with polyester resin. The ply boxes weigh a ton, but are always very easy to pry apart. But I have found it far easier to damage the ceder ones, particularly...

This will be my second year selling honey. My jars are 400g because I can get 400g jars very cheap. last spring when I got my first harvest of 2 buckets, I was overwhelmed by how much honey I had. I thought I would seriously struggle to sell it. So was happy to get rid of the stuff at £4/5 per...

I wondered if my honey had sucked moisture out the air as I extracted. That is partly why I invested in a dehumidifier. The logic being I can run my dehumidifier while extracting, dehumidifiers chuck out a load of heat, so I figured I can heat my extraction room with my dehumidifier. It will...

Last year I had one super that had a distinctive alcoholic/fermenting smell as I extracted it, verified by wife. All frames were fully capped btw. Once in the buckets/jars it tasted/smelt ok. I did not have a refractometer last year, but have one now. I tested a jar of this honey and water...

I will take a bottle - PM Sent. I finally tried that magic feather you sent me. I tried it on my wife! It worked perfectly I was able to remove the bees from her with no problems.;)

I have a slightly different approach to making syrup. I make tiny 5L batches using the following recipe: 4 kg of sugar + 2.5l of water makes 5L of 2 to 1 syrup What I do is get a 5L bottle, put in 5kg of sugar, then top up with water. Using the same principle, if you want to make a 50 gallon...