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Thanks for flagging this up, signed up. Simon

Not sure what you're implying, I wanted 2 and bought 2. StBK was/is a very reputable supplier, fullstop.

To be fair to my namesake, I bought a couple at that price. A little harsh I feel. Simon

Hi See Important temperatures in beekeeping | Sheffield Beekeepers' Association Simon

Update A friend with lots of experience of heather confirmed that's what it is. He only lives 500m from me and has never had it in his home apiary, like me, he's mystified where they found it. Simon

I've only got 3 x 12 oz jars. The rest, maybe same again, is in the bucket. I'm assuming it will mix in fine. Simon

Thanks I've never actually tasted or smelt heather honey, so don't really know what I'm looking for. Looking at descriptions could well be. Hope there isn't much more as it was a real pain, six more supers to extract. Simon

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas of the possible nectar source for a really thick honey. It wouldn’t flow out of the frames using a tangential extractor, unless I really dug into the cells with an uncapping fork and almost prised it out before spinning. A couple of frames which the jar is...

Hi Checkout Honey bucket tipper - The Apiarist Easy to make and very useful. Simon

Thanks Dani Will see if I can make any sense of it in the morning. Simon

Is there a direct link between pollen ratio and nectar ratio? Be interesting to read more. Simon

To be fair to Simon, the website does offer returns up to 30 days after you've received them. Perhaps Poly Hive can clarify the gap between receipt and request to return. Simon (no relation)

Hope so, it's what I do (and many commercial products use them). Simon

Scuppers the 3 feet or 3 miles rule....

Hi Last years results have been posted. It would be interesting to see what the top pollen sources were and any oddities from anyone else who took part. For my June 21 sample, Wood forget-me-not 56%, Wild Garlic 11%, Sycamore 9% and Ilex perado 6% For my August 21, White Clover, 32, Wild...

Slightly longer than a week. They had plenty of pollen in store and plenty of bees but added a decent shake of nurse bees, no change. She's still laying eggs and nothings happening to them, so it is the fence post. I also tried giving one of her frames to another hive to see what happened, and...

Hi I've done the same (based on the Apiarist article), 500mm for my Nucs, but I've used shorter jacks, 300mm for my hives as I prefer them lower, and they're slightly cheaper. I used 75X75, 2.4m fence posts as they were cheaper than 4X2 from my cheapest timber supplier. Simon

I can add a frame of pollen, so again worth a try. I'll update in a week. Simon

Worth a shake in, they started with a a frame of emerging brood, but they are ageing. Simon

See @Black Mountain Honey video with a different view. Simon