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For standard national with no super £108 looks a good price. Could then use wooden supers on in summer. Questions I have would be... Does the poly roof fit on a wooden super ? Looks like it would. There are divider slots in the super but no mention on video or website of longer metal divider...

16 degrees.... roof off fondant on if required roof back on and left them to it. All 12 hives flying well bringing in different coloured pollen.

Holiday all week so hive painting to do in the greenhouse The twin nucs made out of 3rds brood boxes, cheap floors and other off cuts coming together well and looking good

We've had a little in South Lincs where we don't normally get much.

So would yge plan be when its warmer put queen and all bees in a new box with any frames they are fully on and rest new frames or just all new comb and feed?

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Just been to check out apiary hives and all 6 alive and looking good. I have 14x12 hive that has a slab of fondantbon the top of frames. There is mouse droppings on yhe top of the bag and also fondant eaten by them. Whats best action at this time of the year please? I was planning to leave...

Increase my hive count from 12 now I have 2 more out apiaries. More grafting and queen rearing success

The ivy around the garden was alive with honey bees today the 7 home hives were flying like it was mid summer. Loads of pollen going in and the ivy nectar by the smell around the hives.

Is it OK to sell honey with "Raw Honey" on the labels? I have seen this frowned apon but what are the rules and laws?

Arranged to see 2 new apiary sites at the weekend on 2 different local farms. Fingers crossed.

Do you know if the national poly brood bodies are interchangeable with standard wooden floors, roofs and supers?

WOW..... checked all my hives today thinking after last weeks check that I would be feeding some of them.... Well all have had a great week with frames and frames full of stores. 1 double brood hive has 1 full brood of stores and the other brood box wall to wall BIAS. The hives are bigger than...

Checked all 14 hives this morning (7 at home and 7 at apiary) All hives in good shape, all are bringing in different colours of pollen and are working the ivy. The 2 hives at the out apiary that lost their queens and had QCs 3 weeks or so ago now have laying queens. Start OA treatments this...

Bought national super 3rds last year and with little effort I got 13 supers out of the 15 bought and managed to make a couple of eyes with the leftovers, so not too bad for myself. With 10ltrs of end of line woodsman for £5 and some B&Q own brand filler got a good deal. Will be buying again...

Now there's a thought.... would love to fo a honey swap

Thought the flow was over here until beginning of last week when I spotted a big field of white mustard in full flower that I didn't know was there and its only 200 yards from my hives. Summer honey off and they ard now on their 2nd supers of this late crop.

Just an update on my first try at grafting.... I have ended up with 2 nice big laying mated queens doing very well in nucs. Onwards and upwards next year.

The summer gliw has been very slow here this year with only a 1 full super and a part super on each of my main hives. Mostly not sealed and it has stayed like this over the past month. With the nice weather I have not extracted yet BUT on my way home I passed a small field behind a hedge of...