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I am genuinely tempted, but distance may be an issue. If you relay want some help, PM me when you are ready extract. I am in the process of buying house, it may or may not complete soon. If I still dont have the keys by the time you are ready, then I may be able to help.

haha, Bobba's extraction open for business. I charge 10%, or 20% if you want it extracted and jarred. (I like putting honey in jars too) But seriously if there is anyone local that wants some help extracting, give me a shout.

The white/dry capping are quick and easy to remove without loosing much honey. But the wet ones are a different story, there is no gap between the cap and honey, so a honey will end up in the cappings. To make matters worse the wet ones tend to be bumpy and uneven too. On the plus side they...

My bees made about 50/50 dry/wet cappings last year. Will the gun work on cappings if they come out of the hive wet? As in the bees capped them wet. I use a fork thing and like to collect the wax. But I had one particular box of dark honey that was all wet caped thick black stuff, it was hard...

And do check out enricos blogs, I have read some and they are excellent. He has one in particular I recommend on what to do in year 2 of beekeeping, read it this winter.

When my first hive swarmed I had been feeding it too, in the hope of making them draw faster. (As advised by the guy I got my bees from) I think I over fed mine leading to them to become honey bound, and probably triggering the swarm. What I thought were empty cells, I later found all had a bit...

My first hive decided to build queen cells before all comb was even drawn. Like you I started by killing all Q-cells I could find. But they just kept making more, until they got one past me and swarmed. Sounds like you have done the right thing in the hive that has swarmed. For the hive...

I absolutely love extracting, for me its the best bit of bee keeping. Ask me again in 5 years and I may feel different. Afraid I cannot offer ant help pinching honey from hives as I too have had mixed results. Regarding mess, I extract in my consevetory, before I start, I lay out old...

Spot on, contains traces of triacontanol from the wax and the sugars from the honey. So is great for the bacteria and fungus in the soil. And I expect all manor of micro nutrients are contained in the crud. The miss puts it in her compost tea.

I think having the film left on top when filling could stop air bubbles being sucked down when the tank is getting low, thus let you fill jars faster. At lest for us guys with single super tanks. I dont think the humidity in the air trapped in the top of a bucket could significantly alter the...

I extract each super separately too. Last year was my first harvest and every super produced a different honey. You can see some of them in my profile pic. Some taste similar, but others very different. They even smell different. I have several little settling tanks, I spin each super into is...

I tried the cling film method, but did not like it. I just seem to loose a lot of honey and make a mess, probably largely down to my poor implementation. I tried pulling from middle, sides etc. Where you say " Scum has gone, I then will tip honey into this ready to jar up. " I extract straight...

I had to re-read what I written about 20 times before I got that one, but I got there in the end. We both know by now, its only a matter of time until the my next gaff ;).

Completely agree. Although I can offer no proof, I am convinced that the injuries bees suffer from mite bites make them more venerable to catching disease. So weather the mites are a direct vector or not, I think they still contribute to the spread. And I think the mites make the bees less...

I have had CBPV in low levels in my hives for the 2 years I have been keeping bees. Its usually just about this time of year I will start to see the odd suffering bee dying on the lawn, and maybe see some on inspection. If my bees were not in my garden I would probably never have noticed the...

Its pleasing to hear the panels have been good for your bees and the other wildlife and thank you for sharing such a positive account. "The bonus to me is the honey crop from that apiary has gone up by about 200lbs at least." - It is very interesting that you can put a number to how much yield...

I heard there are still at least 87 undiscovered bee genders - perhaps some research in this area could be valuable to humanity.

Please - research for yor self what happened in India following the green revolution. In short it was considered to be a failure, leading to environmental devastation and an untold number of suicides. It is being abandon on mass in favor of more sustainable methods.

I think there is an element of truth to the article. Sure honey bees compete with other bees for nectar. But I think they are vastly exaggerating the issue. I personally think that the decline in some bee species is mostly down to destruction and changes in their habitat. And I dont think...

Come on now Curly. I think the "talking and laughing about it like children" comment was just a bit of tongue a cheek banter, no offense was intended, so just let it go. The mental health remarks were clearly derived from ignorance. Again they were intended as words of caution and advice...