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I have already extracted honey from my middle supers (rape) and don’t plan to continue the demarees dut to lack of time & holidays. I have put the wet supers back above the BB. The top BB’s are heavy now with stores. I plan to remove the demaree boards and remove some of the honey filled frames...

Any one started extraction yet for ‘Rape honey’, ie any yet at 18%… it’s a balancing act between getting it extracted before setting hard but being 18% or less water content. Not heard the bees ‘humming’ yet to reduce water content or smelling it too! Last year I extracted here in East Yorks...

Not if it’s full of Rape!

Over the last two weeks I have demareed several hives. I have used demaree boards that you have previously suggested and all works very well. I have lost one Q though which (on all drawn comb) and am thinking on future demarees of putting an eke with a Q excluder above the entrance and maybe...

Many beekeepers keep chickens so this may be of interest. Compulsory Hive Reg next… (I do voluntary reg with BDU) ‘Under the changes announced there will be new requirements from 1st Oct for all bird keepers - regardless of the size of their flock - to officially register their birds...

I used starter strips this year on brood frames with bamboo sticks as support - most created just drone brood comb. I had interspersed them in the bb.

Rather than raw I use the word ‘Pure’ on my honey jars.

‘2. Heated to temperatures that effectively pasteurise it - allowing it to remain in ungranulated state.’ Does any one know to what temperature it is heated to then still called raw honey!

I like the gas vap & I use It regularly without any problem. It’s great value & works well for me. It has my vote 👍

I find the Gasvap great… it works well for me 👍

I have bought some Rowse soft set (£3:340g) to sample, it’s like a paste compared to my own soft set which is firmer… like butter. I plan to experiment and use a little of the Rowse soft set as seed honey and see how it works with my own honey to make soft set. I will be interested to see how it...

I have treated myself to Garry’s uncapper, it is a neat piece of kit. Like most people I find uncapping the most tedious part of honey extraction and with this kit I hope it will make the whole process a lot easier. Currently at a relatively low price for uncapping equipment. Well done Garry...

I find the Gasvap a really useful and easy to use tool for vaping OA. No problems with using it, hope others are not put off buying one by a few negative comments. It has my vote as extremely effective & cheap.

Can you feed fermented honey back to the bees?

Great feed back, thanks all. T&G then and not buy cheap! And inspect before buying!

Thanks for the feed back , so it’s 12’x8’ min then. Prices range hugely on overlapping or tongue & groove sheds, any recommendations anyone…or ones to avoid?

Any advice on ‘sheds’ for beekeeping. Mainly to be used for honey extraction. I will be able to connect to electric, I have a 20 frame electronic extractor. Thinking of getting a stainless steel sink to go in the shed. Looking at a shed measuring 10 feet by 6 feet.

12.5KG??

Took a picture of worker together with drone brood here in East Yorks. The drone brood has yellowish caps to them… not seen this before. ( It’s old comb & I know a bit late for drones. ) Any thoughts on this phenomenon of yellow capings?

Would you say this was a queen, amongst some dead bees?