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Watching my obs hive, they dont eat much over the winter anyway. Having an obervation hive myself do you think they don't eat that much due the the temp change in your house aposed to being out in a hive in your back garden /apairy I have put my bees from mine in a nuc for the winter.

Has anybody had the misfortune to take too much honey leaving them short for winter i know people feed feed feed sugar syrup but i like to give them the honey they have worked so hard to store for the winter enought to see them over the cold spell so has people done this and whats the best way...

:iagree: Thanks for the positive feedback my original thread was mainly about the bees clearing themselves which got me thinking after all its like a few threads the bees know best

he treats for varroa in Jan oxic acid q ex yes double bb seems no problem with varroa he has been keeping bees for 40 + years :rules: he also finds it to heavy to remove full super so this way he can take frames out of super and do it at his pace i think and open mind on this one. pros and cons...

Wife doesnt sell my wife gets me to take the sign down outside our house in the week as she not keen on people knocking on. Word of mouth is the the best advert:icon_204-2:

One of my bee buddy's leave's his supers on till winter he calls it self clearing as soon as the cold spells set in and the bees cluster its then that he removes them must be less stress for them what your thought Thanks in advance Alan:judge:

I'm selling 4oz for £2 8oz for £3 cut comb 8oz £4 16oz £5 see my thread on cut comb Alan

How popular is cut comb ive done two super frames as a trail and selling it for £4 8oz how many of you do it and is it worth the trouble i think it is as long as it has a buyer:judge: thanks in advance Alan

so how would you store how many store wet super over winter i do you let the bees clean them befoer the winter sets in :willy_nilly:

when people talk about wet supers do they mean after taking the honey do you store wet or do you mean after letting the bees clean the combs a bit confused

i use this method i believe it's a good practice that has been passed on to me by my mentor Waveride its a very cheap and practical way to do it

hello honeybee71

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i think £5 is fair remember jar + label (which by law is to be on the jar if you sell the time and the hassle. And dont forget the bees if you do some easy example what bees need to do just to make one teaspoon of honey people would pay top price (i think you have seen cheap honey in the shop...

Have you removed your supers now, if so are you on double brood chambers why i ask is if your super are on they will keep going filling if you are on double brood they will be storing for winter as the queen slows down they will fill with necter retricking her for from ticking over with brood...

thankyou for the link H

how much (average)honey have you got from each hive not worthy

ever one full of the white stuff H/B all over CHORLTON south Manchester

hum Does that mean that you have the mating place i believe drone would congregate here for all mating or am i wrong in thinking this

Osr is your honey oil seed rape as it a pain cos it sets like concrete if you dont extract as soon as it gets capped not worthy