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I agree the government should address deceitful practice in the Food industry and what is labelled as honey should be honey, but this takes resources. Our border control points for food are not massively well resourced and focus on samples of high risk food. So when food is shipped into our...

What would the receiving queenright colony gain from this other than some worn out winter workers and drones? Can not see a benefit.

Exactly sugar syrup is not harmful or offensive (unlike eating horse is to many) and most significantly does not affect the treasury. There is no duty being dodged like there is with dodgy cigarettes and booze and our honey contributes zero VAT to the govt (and most beekeepers operate under the...

I picked up one of these on ebay a couple of years ago for about £30 and have found it really reliable. Plus the test tube rack fits roller sized queen cages exactly. https://www.mesm.com/products/refrigerators/cultura-m-incubator/ I have used it to incubate queen cells at home but also to...

Hi John, A few alarm bells ringing reading you question. Firstly now is not the time of year to be looking for queens and doing inspections, you will do more harm than good. Did you feed anything in autumn, although it sounds like there are some stores in both colonies I think an autumn feed...

Agreed not something I would be doing and not sure the specifications of the jars would cover freezing

Easily handles a 25kg sack of sugar and 12.5kg of water for mixing up small batches.

Had the Lyson for a year and really like it. Only two things to bare in mind are: The honey gate valve is probably a bit wide for bottling straight from the tank and I find the motor on top can get in the way of pouring a bucket in. Pretty minor niggles but other than that a great bit of kit...

Is that even vaporising it? looks more like burning it to me, who knows what the products of that are?

Plug and play ones like the inkbird and the one in JBMs post are great and remove any worry that my shoddy wiring skills and general electrical incompetence might burn the house down!

MoTEX MX-2612 from ebay/amazon i think. Cheap as chips and works for me

I can see the benefit in those circumstances, the brood is the asset and by combining that it will likely improve winter performance/survivability. But I don't see what the OP is really gaining by uniting their B (broodless) colony, I guess it could be argued that the stores are the benefit but...

You have my sympathy, backs are b*****ds. I spent my younger years ignoring mine and humping more weight than was sensible while popping ibuprofen like they they where smarties and suffered for it later and had some pretty significant surgery 9 years ago. Take it steady and don't rush it, you...

To constitute a statutory nuisance it must : unreasonably and substantially interfere with the use or enjoyment of a home or other premises injure health or be likely to injure health As i don't think bee poop is going to injure health it would need to be proved that the yellow dots interfere...

If you follow BS Honey Bees /Daniel Bates on Twitter he recently posted a letter from the council threating formal action as a statutory nuisance following a complaint about bee poo. Some serious clipboard wielding going on there by the officer involved! Not sure it would stand up to appeal if...

In these circumstances I don't really see what colony A is gaining from B other than some probably older autumn mouths to feed. If it the stores you want to give them why not just shake B out and drop the stores on. I unite before flows but don't really bother for winter as I don't think a...

From what I have read taking them to pollinate the almonds to make almond milk for vegans kills a lot more!

Sucrose syrup......

Where are people getting the info from that candles need a hazard label? Just from companies that sell hazard labels? Have anyone got a link to primary legislation ? heard of the candle police doing a sting operation at a craft fair? Or is this just a case of having a grump about something that...

Both good suits and I have used both regularly. The sheriff probably does have a slightly "brighter" veil mesh, but it is not as robust as the BB wear. both are better than the cheap offerings. If you can not see eggs with the BB wear I don't think a different veil will fix it ( unless it has...