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Mink were never a problem until some idiots released them from mink farms.

Dont see what all the fuss is about the boards were shelving not sitting in a vat of oil for years.I,ve used recycled wood for many projects from hives to chicken sheds, If the wood is that bad leave it out in the rain for a few weeks should leach most of the nasties out, it going to be used...

Managed to get the tractor and plough out on the garden today a bit sticky but did get it all turned over.

We make cucumber relish found recipe online. Really good with cheese.

I use wood and poly gradually changing over to more poly but it would be a big expense to do it in one go and I dont want to throw away good wooden kit.

Checked my hives yesterday never known a year when the hives are so full of bees , Still taking down invert and bringing in ivy pollen.First sign of one or two wasps around the hives this year but they seem to be very small.

No traps this year havent seen many wasps they dont even seem to be on the windfall apples.

Always make mine a bit higher so that I can trim the legs when they go rotten at the bottom.Another factor to consider is if the stand is too high there is more chance of it blowing over if its stormy.I never go more than two supers before extracting my back can cope with the effort.

Could end up like china where large groups of poeple are employed to pollenate plants after most insects were killed off after chairman Moa's agriculture policy.

Remember years ago whilst staying in Ukraine one of the neigbours house caught fire.They had been making Samohonka and the fumes ignited in the roof .They had been sampling the product and fell asleep the whole village turned out to help put the fire out.

I,m reducing from five hives to three ,always thought that you had to dispatch one queen but this makes it a lot easier.

Dandelions have come into flower again lawn is covered with them no cutting the grass this week.

Checked my hives yeaterday stores on two very low so had to feed.Hopefully the weather will now start to pick up and the ivy comes into flower.Debating if now would be the best time to merge some of the hives I want to be down from five to three by winter.

Checked all my hives yesterday surprising how much of the stores they have consumed since I went on holiday just over a week ago.Noticed there are very few drones left in the hives and no drone brood. Dont think there will be any more full inspections this year just keeping an eye on stores and...

Made a bee vac some years ago to remove bees from my neighbours house .A very messy job. The biggest problem I found was getting the suction right too much and the bees were blasted against the side of the box ,too little and they just flew back out of the hose. After all my efforts mounting...

Sorry no photos will try next time I do it. Simple method cut a piece wood board slightly larger than brood sheet size.Add handle so as not to burn fingers. Melt wax in container larger than brood frame size (old roasting tin). Have tray of cold soapy water large enough for board (old washing...

Extracted a couple of supers yesterday .Pleased to see that the blank foundation I'd made recently is being drawn, an easy method I found on line. Will be making some more sheets when I have time.

Once went with my father in law to help with a welding job in a local slaughterhouse, I couldnt understand why there was a room with coat hooks until they started slaughtering the cows .It was where the entrails were hung.

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Used my new Vevor 4 frame yesterday, it does 8 super frames 4 Brood frames .The idea of using cable ties to hold frames in place worked well.I found it easier to remove the honey valve and put a bucket underneath which meant there is no honey left when I empty the extractor,I'll put the valve...