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So , is annoying but “ going forward “ has to be one of the worst .

For what it’s worth , if he is getting low 20s to the gallon it is faulty or he has a heavy right foot ? Mine is the thunder version and manages 30 if I go steady . It’s the first Ford I have owned but I wouldn’t buy another one , it’s supposed to be a working blokes/ladies truck but the spares...

Not wishing to muddy the waters but , is it possible there is no queen in there at all and it's a laying worker ? If you are convinced that whatever is laying is only giving you drone brood , put a spare brood box on the original site and walk the hive with the bees in as far as you can and...

How about moving the hives to the end of the field where you have access , reverse straight to them with the pick up ?

I have watched a couple of swarms move in this season so far . A few dozen will build into a few hundred when they are imminent , they will defend the box against bees that are from other colonies , this can continue for a few days . It's all a bit frenetic outside on the day or day before the...

Is there a small restricted entrance that possibly slowed their ingress and they all got caught outside and chilled ? I can't expand the picture without it blurring , are they all soaked ? Or does it look like they have been dragged out dead from inside the hive ?

BBwear for me. Done 10 yrs plus and who knows how many inspections . Thumb loops don't last too long as jbm pointed out but all round good performer.

It's taking a set temperature as the trigger that is possibly misleading . 15deg on a nice still day is not the same as 15 plus a northerly breeze. I prefer the ' can you stand outside wearing a tee shirt in comfort ' as my gauge . If you want to check stores then scales or the good old...

Another use for Hazel . Do a few of these during the Winter when I have the time .

More like what I have been doing since early December !

Farrowing ark.

I was greenkeeping from 1978 till last May . I had hives on my course with no ill effects . One apiary was 15yds from a chemical fill and wash down point . Never had any weird losses or sick hives that I could attribute to any chemicals used . Ignore the grasses for a moment and think Goat...

Yes I think once you have grown spuds for the first time to clean the ground the problem all but goes away. Assuming you are rotating crops by the time you grow them again it should be fine. I had a bumper crop of 'cara' some years ago that were riddled . Just had to spend the winter being...

Hefted everything . All still have plenty of weight. Two small very late swarms still alive and half way through a back of fondant.

I wait till the end of March , however I have full width guards . If you run a restricted entrance with a mouse guard in front of it there can be a bit of congestion out front on warmer days .

Stopped half hr ago in our bit. Nothing yesterday after the Armageddon forecast !

I still have 6 colonies to move from Bucks to Suffolk in the next month or so. Bailey my last few Nats onto either Commercial or 14x12s. Favouring commercial I think ? Converting 80 odd supers from wired to unwired as I don't have easy access to my bee farmer friends extractors now without a...

Queen marking . All good advice above . If you practice on drones I would be ruthless and squish them once you have applied the paint . If you are not wing clipping at the same time would you consider trying one of the ' push in ' type queen cages ? Gently press it in and hold her down, then...

I have never read so much cobblers about deer in my life . Muntjac dont eat wood unless it has sap running through it . They browse for food , they do not stand and chew away at a lump of dry timber . The most damage from deer is if they scratch against the corner of the hive . Fangs ? ...