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I treated my first year then I didn’t the next and last year I treated in winter after spotting 2 mites on the back of bee. I have also bought vhs queens . I intended to do a sugar shake to check mite load but didn’t get it done and have started treatment second vape tomorrow but yesterday...

I’m tempted to buy some chrystal “caster” sugar in the hope that I could challenge that just for devilment but my scales aren’t good enough to give a reliable result👌Nor would it serve any meaningful purpose. But thank you for the correction.

Boston Bees said: You need to specify what you mean by "1 to 1" and "2 to 1" in this description. By weight? By volume? the important bit is the convention that sugar is first

Oh oo um.. something I haven’t got, do I need it probedly not, will I use them , the devider who knows but the cortex one I have is crap. Do I want it defiantly and a 2 in one deal who could resist that😁

I thought we had already established that the bees allow sufficient tolerance so we can round up or down. sugar by convention comes 1st in the ratiio and that sugar and water both have the same weight by volume ie 1lt of sugar weighs 1kg so you can use any size container to measure out your...

I believe the reason people want to know the kg of ingredients to make a given volume is because they have a specific size container to store it in. I have a 25 lt drum and now know how much sugar I need to fill it with 2:1

I had a similar exp this summer couldn’t find q etc but didn’t have an excluder in so it should have been obvious me . It did teach me how to probebly need to provide my bees more space especially if bb has a lot of stores🤔

did your Newbee spot the queens yet or are you just happy they have calmed down

Decided to do some experimenting with my 8 year old and I publish here our findings: Basic kitchen equipment and rounding as dictated by the VK 1 liter of purchased Invert weighs 1.36 kg 1 liter of 1 to1 cane sugar syrup weighed 1.2 kg 1 liter of 2 to 1 sugar syrup weighed 1.3kg 1lt sugar...

I have used it but only after I hadsorted through it to remove the stuff with plastic on . A bit of a fad and A bit hit and miss the first time through the pile but I still had loads of visibly clean material. Left at the end bees didn’t seam to mind i It burnt well but quicker than I would...

Most yeast cannot ferment grow at high sugar concentrations .ie were water content is less than 18% however some can and these are sometimes present in honey . But for fermentation to start there needs to be enough yeast present and the honey needs to be at a dutiable temp to grow. If you are...

Is there a reason for only heating to 20c I think if you go to about 80c then 1 k sugar will dissolve in 1pt but. when I measure 1pt in a 1 lt jug then my pint size might be bigger than yours .well actually it’s measured from the kettle and the numbers have rubbed off +the temp could be...

[I have been looking at old sugar syrup posts because I realise I have been getting my thick thin …1 water + 1 sugar and my 2:1 mixed up might explained why my bees ignored my very thin feed last spring QUOTE="Hachi, post: 750184, member: 8158"] What is the calculation I need to work out how...

Allegedly from bees visiting a sweet factory France

I have 1 of each the Payne’s I cut out the Side feeder to make 8 frame and bought their miller feeder. works well and makes a convenient step up from nuc to full hive ( you can modelfie supers or additional brood boxes as well.) the bs and maisemore nucs parts are interchangeable the bs 2...

Beware cheepheating plates that simply get hotter as current pas through them ie poker reshot were you can’t see it … stick to the time limit/ recommendation for your device

gorse is out of bloom, kissing's out of fashion, when the the idea behind the saying is that gorse is always in flower somewhere so there is always chance of a kiss

Could pull the grubs with a pin and count the varroa?

Gorse