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I have just watched this video and was wondering has used it for pressing heather?

Heather honey is a bonus crop for me, there's heather on the mountain behind me. I managed to press 50lb of it, I sold it all in one hour. Next year I'll be moving them to a more prolific area.

Not so much the Apiary but the honey room! My Heather labels arrived over the weekend so I've been busy applying them to my jars of heather honey. Just hope it sells now.

Just made 10 and ordered Stainless Steel mesh, 16 pieces for £70.

I'm looking for Stainless Steel Castellations, 10 slot. Has anyone here bought any and if so where from?

Last year was another bumper year for me, it equalled 2019 that's for sure.

Yes strap right angles!

Picked up hives once from a beekeeper giving up (70 miles way), with OMF they will be fine this time of year (little or no brood). I would block the entrances, strap them both ways to prevent any movement. They will be fine just make sure they are not all tucked up tight together and put them up...

Put the Brood Box above the super, as soon as the bees move up into the BB, place a QE under it, making sure the queen is up in the BB. As soon as all the brood emerges (if any) in the wild comb, remove it and cut it all out, give it back to the bees in a feeder to remove the honey.

I still design and then get the labels professionally printed, if anyone is interested drop me a message.

I design labels to be machine applied and I recommend a 'labelroo' www.labelroo.com - very effective machine plenty of adjustment to get the labels spot on.

Thank you for your reply, as for the warming cabinet, I find my best result are when I set it to 42C for 24 hours.

Thank you all for the advice.

I have finally bit the bullet and bought a honey creamer (Konigin), I was wondering if anyone can give me some tips on temperature setting and the ratio of seed honey to runny honey. Its a 50kg heater one.

Just graft, its not that difficult and you choose when you want to do it, give it a go. My tip is when you buy the Chinese Grafting tools, thin them down to make them more flexible.

Not in the Apiary but just moved a pallet of jars and lids into my garage! All 38 boxes all neatly stacked and ready for the summer! Big thanks to Anna at Bottle Company South.

Thanks for the heads up! I have seen so so many terrible labels a customer told me the labels sells the honey, the contents gets them to return, this I agree with.

I have been using a Bostitch SB-1850BN 18 Gauge Nail Gun for years, I've nailed 1000's of frames, yes its an air nailer but a compressor is fairly cheap, very reliable, in 30 years I have only ever replace the plastic foot on it.

The rain is flowering well, there was a break a day ago but luckily its back!