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And put an extra bit in the mix to be sure

nice and fresh

I wonder are they taking the dead bees as they drop to the floor or are they taking the from the cluster

scillia

I use some for bait hives and then they are pulled out and melted down

If fed some of weaker colonies pollen substitute in slurry form today and they had their heads in the cells straight away.

It was my first time using pollen substitute patties this year.My first batch that I made up went a bit on the Dry side and was off no use to hives that were under strength , Stronger one were able to made some inroads into it. I took some of them off and remixed them with some more inverted...

A picture of beauty. Ruined by adding the brown sauce .

The meat off the breast of a moor hen is very small. You would think it would be about the same size of a wood pigeon breast, but its less than 1/4 the size. We filleted it and popped it in a deep fryer. Very tasty, a bit like peregrine falcon.

I also found that any hives / nucs that I brought to the heather last year are now certainly my best hives in the spring

well, you learn something new every day... Thank you

I got a 25kg bag of soya flour today for €40. I says it heat treated. Does this make any difference.

I went out and bought 2 packets of dates for my pollen patties and then when to check on a few hives. I got hungery and ate one of the packets . Very tasty, i can see why the bees like them.

what ratio that you use the brewers yeast. Some say 1 part brewers yeast to 3 parts soya flour and then other recomend 2 parts brewers yeast to 1 part soya flour. Can you have it too strong with the brewers yeast

Thanks. So you say full fat soy is ok, as i can get plenty of that. I thought it was the fat that they could not process.

I am having a serious problem getting defatted soy flour, but i am able to get skimmed milk, very close to me. Will this do instead of the defatted soy flour. Also i have seen on the net that some people use egg yolk power as this is also very high in protien. I can also get this at the same...

Thanks finnman. Thats the answer that i was looking for.

at the moment it over 80, this number will be greatly reduced,by the time i have sorted my bees in the spring and kept what i need for honey and nuc production. During the summer it will rise to over a 100, so 50 is a good round number.

Sorry, but i am not good on the maths so will someone help me out here. If i mix 1kg of sugar to 1 pint water, what volume will this give me in litres. Also what will the water content be. I think i have heard it said that 64% is as much sugar as water can hold. Also, will this be the same...

thanks all