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To a degree it will depend on the time of year, weather, nectar flows etc. I work entirely with AMM. I get a few stings during the course of the beekeeping year and they are generally on my fingers. When you lift frames, you can trap the odd bee between the lug and your fingers and she lets you...

Historically, woodpeckers are not found in Ireland but I understand that there was a breeding pair of Greens in the vicinity of Phoenix park in the not so distant past. Wood peckers have been sighted in Tullymore Forest Park but I can't remember if they were Yaffles or Greater Spotted. I would...

I guess its the old story - "Its all ok until someone gets hurt..." From the escapades of some drivers with "R" plates (1 year restriction to new drivers in NI) I really wonder what they have been taught in preparation for their driving tests and in preparation for taking sole responsibility of...

I was almost a road statistic one morning recently- a young driver was too busy looking at her mobile phone to notice that the lights were against her and drove through a red light. I was two thirds of the way across a pedestrian crossing (three lanes of traffic) when she shot through. One of...

Its always a risk and it is one of the reasons why beekeepers are repeatedly advised to learn to read their bees. You have to judge whether there are enough bees in the host colony to cover the brood you are adding and further, you have to consider whether there are likely to be cold nights/days...

I think I can get someone to send you a picture of mouse damage to a PAynes Poly Nuc - would that suffice in this instance? (Two Poly Nucs stored in a shed over the past winter. Mice had a bit of a gnaw on the exterior) I'll drop him a message and ask him if he would be prepared to E mail a pic...

:rolleyes: Clearly you heard from a fantasist..... I take it from your comments that you didn't actually attend the event despite being uncommonly preoccupied with the Native Irish Honey Bee Society? Rather than have you rely upon more hearsay, I can appraise you that they had to put out...

The first regional meeting for the All Ireland Pollinator Plan will take place on the 17th and 18th February 2017 at the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Lurgan, County Armagh: http://www.biodiversityireland.ie/projects/irish-pollinator-initiative/all-ireland-pollinator-plan/ I understand the UBKA...

It may be worth your while contacting Harry Owens, President of the Isle of Man Beekeepers and one of the people instrumental in confirming that varroa free status: http://www.iombeekeepers.com/contact-iom-beekeepers/

If you do use fishing line to secure the sections of cut brood comb, an industrial staple will generally be enough to clamp it to the side bar or top bar.

He'll be keeping bees next! ;)

Murray, Thanks for updating folk on the case. I haven't been keeping tabs on this forum for a few weeks but was told at the weekend that you had posted a statement. Thank you for taking the time to do this and I can only hope that when you get the bill of costs, it doesn't require an excessively...

I'll settle for once again, working with my bees in 2017.

Yes, the upper box (a couple of beekeepers I know call them "lifts") is reversed: when turned upside down it then drops down over the lower box, the "flanges" stopping it dropping right down. Whilst it provides good insulation, it is a heavy beast to move around so not best suited to migratory...

You mention some of the boxes being "falnged": did it look anything like this? http://www.donegalbees.ie/product-category/beehives/cdb-hive/ Thornes make or made a "cottager" hive that had overlaps.

They heard he was threatening to strip off outside their hive and pour tepid water over his head! ;)

I am a member of several BKAs and am amongst the "doing" members in all of them. My local association holds monthly meetings, usually with a lecture and always with Tea and Sandwiches at half time: our venue is a local pub and they make us fantastic sandwiches. We draw upon a variety of...

A soil warning cable works nicely to warm an extractor and they come in a wide range of lengths so you can get a nice run of cable from top to bottom of your extractor. I use an old upright fridge with a couple of light bulbs in the base of it for warming and liquifying honey etc. The power to...

The BBKA have looked at moving the date of the ADM and from memory, the alternative date did not suit delegates and associations and the date change was rejected. I am aware that various Area Associations elect their Delegates annually and they will seek a specific mandate from their membership...

OMOV - is there really any difference between this and a Delegate calling for a membership vote on one of the propositions at the ADM? For those unfamiliar with this in terms of BBKA activities, it is where the Delegates votes are weighted in line with their Area Association's registered...