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The advice I took from here a few years ago was to make sure that you had at least a years supply in stock to meet expected demand. It covers for a poor season and enables continuous supply to customers. 2022 was a mad year and I produced a mountain of honey which I've only just finished off...

I think the issue pre dates the supermarkets push, but agree that they are still culpable. post WW2, agriculture was pushed by successive governments to produce as much produce as possible by any means possible. It took decades to see the damage this caused, but we now have a population that...

This is a very naïve understanding of conditions leading to allergenic episodes. Maybe you need to research this further from both an allergy sufferer and food manufacturer perspective before suggesting its a topic having been dismissed here by the usual posters. I have one friend who has the...

been banned from Kitchen for full extractions for a whilst. Without a dedicated area it is a pain to prepare my area storage area, clean in, extract and clean up, whilst keeping bee / wasp free for any time. I just get on as quickly as possible. Suggest that the 'bees' pay for a meal out /...

a few years ago I extracted honey that was in the early 20% moisture and put a couple of buckets into my honey warming cabinet @ 38C, with a tray of desiccant. I mixed the honey twice a day before testing to ensure accurate measurement of bulk honey. this brought moisture content below 18 in a...

Thanks for the replies. Moving to a new unit in the autumn so will have space for a chest freezer and have grand designs on a dedicated extraction room ;)

I have a reasonable amount of cut comb frames this year. Normally I store the combs intact and cut as needed, but I've seen granulation on storage and the bit of wax moth damage. I've heard people discussing cutting, packaging and storing in a freezer until needed. Any drawbacks with this...

might be worth looking at, if even as a template. half the price of a cedar version from T https://www.omlet.co.uk/shop/beekeeping/beehaus_spares/6864/beehaus_super_pack_of_4/

congratulations to her.

my daughter's just received her results and has achieved the grades need to study at University. very proud of her. However, I wanted to send a positive message to anyone, or the parents of anyone, who didn't. I got 'distracted' long ago whilst taking my A levels and scraped the lowest grades...

life's too short

Needed to make up some emergency frames so popped out to my workshop at lunchtime. It was 35C. Wax was too soft and kept ripping in frame guides, so its in the fridge now and I'll wait until later in the evening

Its a pain in certain (sandy?) apiaries, but doesn't seem to impact the bees unless its a weak colony, when the bees will invade the hive. When I feel its an issue, I grease the legs of the hive stand and this seem to prevent the problem. brush the bits off the crown board, so it doesn't get...

put in a hive, feed and see what happens in a few weeks. If they are strong, will probably fill the hive out for winter. If not dummy down

Wasps are back in force. lost 2 mating nucs since Saturday when I checked earlier. Fed and shut entrances on the final few down and will put queens into poly nucs later in the week. Good production apiary, but seems to attract shed loads of wasps later in the season, so need to think if I...

one half of the components of inverted syrup (other being fructose). solubility around 900g/liter at 25C, but I'd back that off a bit to keep it in solution. Cant see any reason not to use it. If worried, just mix it in with usual white sugar syrup preparations. I used some cheap damaged...

The association website doesn't look like its had much attention in a while. There are a few local swarm collectors near to you listed in the map in link below who might worth speaking to. There's also some information on bee removal from buildings...

from the August beano that dropped through my letter box last week; Summer in the Apiary 'remove any remaining supers and extract the honey' 'if you treat for varroa start as soon as supers are removed'

I find spraying anything at the nest entrance requires some form of protective equipment as they are easily pi$$ed off :)

seen a couple of them this year. one with both eyes white