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Mostly farmland around but also captures a couple of villages and small woodland in the 2mile radius. Hopefully that will be interesting enough.

Thank you all, I'd be happy with 3-5lbs.. Fingers crossed it goes to plan. Cheers

Hi all, Would it be overly ambitious to think I could get a crop of honey and a bonus colony (from swarm mgmt) in my first year? Not looking for bucket loads, just a jar or three. Total beginner here and I hopefully successfully just overwintered first hive... at least so far... Cheers

Noticed a lot of white cappings under the hive today for the 1st time in a while. Hive resting on very dark footings so can really see the brighter colored debris. Been consistently brood cappings mostly I’ve noticed under the floor, but today a thick dusting of white (stores I guess) cappings.🤔...

Been peeking through the clear crown board and they are definitely there/moving about...

Should I be concerned that there are no flights from my hives? Seems a lot of people reporting foraging activity already !:oops:

Just on the being-prepared-on-site theme, would it be wise to have/leave prepared frames (with foundation) in kit boxes at apiaries or would the temperature changes make it a bad idea?

“Planning” for a successful 1st season and 1st box of honey! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Specifically the Maisemore, BS or Paynes poly nucs?

Thank you.

Hi all, At the risk of rehashing what might already have been gone over, and apologies if this is the case, but I still cant figure out if it is advisable to paint the inside of poly feeders (nus or otherwise), and should it be done with something specific? Or can the exterior masonary paint...

Had a peek under roof to check on them. Seem to be doing ok with a decent spread over the frames and spied what looks like a lot of capped stores on a couple of the unobscured frames. Hefting hasn’t worked for me. First winter and first hive so hoping that’s enough to get them through.🤞🏼

:oops::oops::oops::oops: Nothing like a good sampling of opinion! Thank you all - got some pro's and con's to weigh up. Much appreciated.

Hi all, Hopefully this is a non-contentious question. Coming into 1st proper season and am looking to add a nuc (poly or otherwise) to my kit collection ahead of the season. Which make would you recommend, taking into account I quite like the idea of clear crown boards with the ability to feed...

Prob a silly question but I see you have wbc hives. how do you create/allow for a 2nd entrance for the upper brood box?

FYI - The latest BBKA talks are now on their website for on-demand consumption if anyone, like me, is struggling for things to do out of season! https://bbka.org.uk/bbka-talks

On the topic of equipment, does anyone have an opinion on using the Manipulation Cloths? As seen in Thornes product list --> Manipulation Cloth

Just on the mite count.. Is it likely that it can be zero ? Especially when using vape or Apivar strips ? Or could that just be bad eyesight ?

I had the rapid feeder in a cobbled together insulation - around it and on top as I imagined they wouldn't want to head into a cold environment....

I have a WBC and still have yet to rig up a good way to heft/measure.......