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Varroa was first discovered in the UK in April 1992 not in the 1980s….

He probably learned that from Monty Python

Oxfordshire - Varroa was first Identified by a Beefarmer in 1992 I think so the chances they haven’t got it are slim at best

And now they want to ban coal in all its forms…..how history turns on a sixpence

I’ve bought a battery - just need to fit the panels….an ex forklift 48v thing that’s as new. £300….worth it to run led lights and extractors on and cctv too

An update will be put out by the NBU tomorrow or Tuesday. One nest has been located but they think there may be another stay vigilant especially every beekeeper South of the M4 as there seems to be a hot spot in the Hampshire/Berkshire area this year

A day of rendering wax, melting down solid frames of honey, filtering more for bottling and while that little lot was working it’s magic I had a bit of a sort out at the storage site and cleared away a load of rubbish that I’d collected in the truck over the season. plenty to do ! S

Where are you located ? The Ivy is over in Wiltshire pretty much

So do you boil the soda with a gas ring under the sink ??

Still removing supers, still extracting, still feeding and treating !

I was a bit late to the 12 page party from the forum manufacturer sponsor discussion on Fondant and HMF levels in bakers fondant… been rather busy of late in the main business and also still busy extracting - only 5 apiaries to go anyway, having read the thread I rather feel I’m in ITLD’s...

Still removing honey from hives….

+1 for the SumUp sim based card reader

He never got back to me

To answer the question No - you can’t melt heather honey out in an apimelter I put a good amount of off cut wax from cut comb heather last year in with a huge quantity of cappings wax A day later the heather honey was still on the grid above the lower chamber and all the wax and summer honey...

Do you have any photos of the Hairy Vetch in flower ? Where did the farmer source the seed from do you know ? KR S

Linseed doesn’t yield. Never had vetch

Try Murray McGregor - he does bulk purchases of frames to order

Personally I have plenty of honey coming in - not far from Bath. Have you joined Bath BKA ? I’m chairman of Melksham for the moment … Plenty of good zoom meetings been on recently S

Well I have an evening to myself and even though I live and breathe my beekeeping I can't switch off and to my blog I turn. Apologies for the radio silence since 13th April but life is busy. I guess that's a good thing really and I shouldn't complain. So what's new ? Well on the honey front...