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A return to this thread because i have solved the mystery :) If you pour mixed hot wax and water through a sieve into a bucket, make sure there is no cold water in the bucket already, otherwise the wax instantly cools and solidifies into nasty brown sludge. Pour into an empty bucket to get a...

I spoke to my house and contents insurers and they agreed to insure up to 4 hives within the existing premium. I made sure they added a note of this on their file.

First swarm call. Bees coming through light fittings, through roof hatch into kitchen, taped up extractor fan. Having to rush in through door past a cloud of bees. HEEEELP. Arrived an hour and half later to find nada, nothing, zilch. Not a bee in sight, and no it wasn't 1st April :)

Thanks for all the tips. I'll try a soft wire wire brush with heat as i don't like using the chemicals.

Who said anything about a plastic QE? These are the nice metal ones with rods

Transferred a colony onto a new floor and BB but couldn't find the Q anywhere. Eventually closed up everything, and put lid back on, only to see a small ball of bees under the hive! Sure enough there she was. Popped her back in the hive, Phewee!

What is the best way to clean wax off a queen excluder? After scraping off most of the wax, I set about the remaining wax with a blow torch. Is this a bad idea? It left a coating of wax on the rods which might have narrowed the gaps, resulting in the bees not being able to squeeze through...

I have bought just 150g of seed. Not sure if I'll be labeling it as borage honey then :)

I've just take delivery of enough borage seed for 100m2. I'm going to try a small experiment. 1. Provided I have good germination, will that be enough to make the slightest difference to my honey crop with 5 hives? 2. How near/far should I plant it from the hives?

This forum is VERY friendly but you should really search a topic before posting. There are some really useful threads on this subject already. Good luck :)

I get the idea. Thanks very much for the info

In the Spring, I was thinking of setting up a shelf in the garden shed for putting developing nucs on, but I can't decide on the best way to connect the nuc entrances to the outside world. Any suggestions?

Started putting together some ancient T commercial boxes which I acquired. Liberal use of mallet needed to get the box joints to fit. My poor ears are ringing. I should have used earplugs. They look very smart now, though :)

Too much information me thinks :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-30295762 So, even the BBC have noticed this honey marketing nonsense, or should I say "Honey flavoured" nonsense....

What did you expect? :ohthedrama:

Interesting. Thanks.

I have been offered an out apiary in a large area of well managed forest, mixed conifer/deciduous. It is quite a way (7 miles) from where I live so will need to be worth while. Is this likely to be good for forage? The deciduous trees are mainly oak and beech with some sweet chestnut, and there...

I saw that typo too. I think you just have to get over it... Personally I find the continual mixing of "To" with "Too" and confusion over "Off", "Of", "have" on this forum mildly annoying but as I'm not perfect I ignore it (mostly) :)