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Our BKA runs a very popular honey extractor kit hire scheme for members. See https://tinyurl.com/lbxg2ht We would like to provide more entry-level kits for hire. Is the Abelo 4-frame manual extractor a machine to recommend? Any other suggestions? Thanks.

Cut comb is the way to go. Sections are so 19th century.

I dishwash 50 x 454g jars at a time, on a quick wash. It gives them a nice sparkle. I use a crown board as a tray, holding 25 jars.

Swarms love to settle in chimneys

How long does it take to steam one load of frames and brood combs? Thanks.

See https://tinyurl.com/yck8jdkb for details of my bee barrow, which uses an old National wooden floor, in place of the wheelbarrow pan. I wouldn't be without it.

We thought you'd be using the automatic extracting trailer when it arrives on Anglesey "in July".

I suggest you just offer them half the honey crop, and say that you expect to find six hives of bees, prepared for winter, when you come home. They would keep any swarms and any increase (nucs, extra queens etc) and they would use their own equipment for any increase. Paying an hourly rate...

If you are concerned about the health of the colony, you may like to contact the seasonal bee inspector. They are working now, I think. They can advise on reuse of the combs of honey.

My solar beeswax extractor has been working today, here in the balmy Conwy Valley, North Wales.

The Thomas website is in French and in English.

Tuesday 27th March, "Spring Management, getting the best from your bees" a Conwy Beekeepers talk by Graham Royle NDB, Cheshire BKA, back by popular demand. What are your beekeeping plans for 2018? Same plans, same as last year? Or a real effort to control swarming, keep the hives healthy and...

They will send you a sample to try out.

Monday 26th March, Conwy Seed Fair, 700-year old Royal Charter Fair, Conwy High Street LL32 8DB, 9am to 4pm. Same format as the Honey Fair in September. Plant and seed stalls, crafts, honey, local produce and Farmers' Market stalls. Stall space is free with a donation in aid of Bees for...

I am most certainly NOT suggesting that there is anything fraudulent about this project. I merely queried the source of the funding. If the project has indeed received 100% funding from the Welsh Government I would expect North Wales BKA's to have been asked to provide letters of support, and...

Still waiting a response....

Rose Hive Method is a useful book and there are YouTube videos on managing Rose hives.

I did query the source of the grant on the Felin Honeybees Facebook page. My request for information was deleted. Has this project been grant-aided by the Welsh Government? Please provide their project reference number. Many thanks.

Stuart, You are ruining what was meant to be a serious thread. Please start your own thread.