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Buy a refractometer that measures moisture in honey; test frames randomly before extraction. this maybe a separate post but will ask it here to begin with... but what make of refractometer would people recommend? i usually just extract capped combs and uncapped honey after the 'shake test' but...

i used bits of ply but mostly pieces of perspex cut to size so i can see inside the hive or top super ;)

i think we need a bit or perspective here ... CBBC (short for Children's BBC, also known as the CBBC Channel) content is for children and teenagers aged 6 to 17. According to the article the Presenter's mother keeps bees and the 'contestants' will be helped and "assisted by professional...

this might help those looking for commercial beehive plans .... BS Commercial – hive plans thanks to St Pegas Honey :)

and be stoned to death with Norfolk beets ... As someone from Norfolk I think you'll find that's "beet-en to death"

Bit old fashioned now but i like the Ladybird book The Life of the honeybee ... might be a bit basic for your protege

caught Caught up with this this evening havent seen before but really enjoyed the bee footage... so thank you :)seen a lot about bees and elephants found this too which was a bit of fun ...www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ly3g/call-that-hard-work-series-1-episode-2 starts at 27:30 🙂🐝🐝

Hi Sorry no not me 🙂

Hi ... wet bumblebee... Bombus terrestris or B. lucorum my best guess 🙂 🐝🐝🐝

i had a bit of fun with an inaccessible swarm once.. It was on a very tall thin ash tree.. i used a fishersman's bait catapult to fire a nut (from a bolt!) attached to a thin line over an adjacent branch ... quite tricky! ;) and then tied a poly rope to the line pulled that over the branch and...

Many thanks so much for this Pete... I'm inspired to have a go at these! just need the hinges ;)

Thanks Ian i had a look :) I also found this Bifold Frames for UK Bee Hives

do you have photo of how the frames are contructed please?

Simple design :) get the width x length but how deep are they 2cm?

thanks :)

What queens did you buy?