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  1. plain_hunt

    Where Can I Get Left handed tools?

    And which way it spirals
  2. plain_hunt

    Bees in garden advice

    Like you, I was warned about horses and bees. The place where I have my bees was sold 4 years ago, and the new owners were happy for me to continue to keep my bees there. I didn’t know at the time they had horses. My apiary is sort of fenced/hedged off in the corner of the field, a bit of scrub...
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    Forum Poll

    I like seeing the different ideas on beekeeping and wouldn’t like it being “compartmentalised”, I think that would ruin the forum if you couldn’t see all of it.
  4. plain_hunt

    Intensity of bee venom

    Ah, that sounds more reasonable! I do wear latex or similar, the bees tickle my hands as they walk over them, so I shake them off, makes them a bit twitchy - so I wear gloves. Also stops my hands looking as though I smoke 60 a day because of propolis.
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    Intensity of bee venom

    Good grief! I don’t get nearly that many in a year, and if I did, would be changing my queens. I have maybe not as many hives as you, usually about 10, but don’t reckon to get more than one sting a week, and mostly not that. I also maybe get a little red spot for a couple of hours then its gone...
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    Forum Poll

    I have tried using the search function and find it doesn’t always give me what I want, or gives me too much and I can’t be bothered to look through it all. That’s probably my search term though. I find the forum is full of useful advice, although as others have said the same topics come up on an...
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    New suit needed

    I know several people who like Michael’s suits The Bee Shop, Affordable Clothing For Beekeepers From The UK. And no, I have no interest in the sales from here, but he is a member of the neighbouring division.
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    Sold Kit and bees for sale. Giving up beekeeping

    How do I PM you? One of our beginners is interested in buying this.
  9. plain_hunt

    Queen cells with only royal jelly?

    I’ve seen cells with what I thought was just Royal jelly in, but a couple of days later the larva, which was too small for me to see the first time, had grown enough to see easily. I’m sure there will be a larva there, but it will be small - tiny. Get a magnifying glass and have a good look...
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    Moving large hive

    I’ve moved mine a mile away and had no problems with returning bees. I moved them in the evening, put some green grass in the entrance to seal it, stuffed it tight! Moved them, pulled out some of the grass and left the rest to die. Put a bushy branch across the entrance as well. Might have...
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    New renegade beekeeper Stirlingshire

    If I’m ever coming up your way, I’ll bring you some. Chris Parks is right, and his mead is gorgeous! He brought some with a talk he did, and we all had some.
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    Will the Real WBC Hive Boxes Stack-up Please?

    And I. I also added strips to those boxes which didn’t have them, most of them. Makes life so much easier!
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    New renegade beekeeper Stirlingshire

    I’ve made my own for several years, using the honey from frames I’ve melted down. I know the purists say to use the good honey, but I do like my blackberry mead, and the bog standard isnt bad either. Both have also won prizes in the shows, even from a judge who doesn’t like mead, so they can’t...
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    WSBKA bee auction.

    Thank you for the replies. And you need bellows to apply icing sugar???:laughing-smiley-014does it fit to the bag? Or?? I’m still going to have to look them up to see how they work. It seems to me to be a must buy piece of kit, much the same as the PBE and magazines. I’m surprised I hadn’t heard...
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    WSBKA bee auction.

    Well, I get that, there’s always stuff like that at our auction. But I’m still none the wiser as to what they are/do. Suppose I’ll have to look them up when I get bored.
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    WSBKA bee auction.

    What are icing sugar bellows? Lot79
  17. plain_hunt

    MB Queen Trap Anti Swarm Device

    Has anyone tried the top entrances as well as keeping the bottom entrance? Nothing to to do with swarm control, but those that let the foragers into the supers without going through the brood box. Does it stop the brood box getting full of nectar? Does it mean more pollen in the supers?
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    JamezF said: It could be that she's stopped laying because of the cold I guess. I’m also in Somerset and I inspected in February, (and before there’s any comments, on a lovely warm day in shirt sleeves), all 11 hives, and found they were building nicely. I went in yesterday and found they’ve...
  19. plain_hunt

    DCA’s do they exist?

    I went to a meeting with the Devon Research Group and they found two on the hills by Axminster Castle. Fascinating, using a long pole and a queen and a pheromone. Both worked. Keep meaning to try it around my Apiary which is on a hill.
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