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send a frame away to mary coffee in teagasc fre analysis better to be sure

Anyone have any info on the yield potential of different varieties of rape as seem to remember some varieties are bred to be more relient on wind pollination

Keep well,beekeeping will help raise your spirits best wishes

groups of beekeepers should come together to help each other improve the bees they keep ,helping people especially beginners to improve/replace their bees when needed,our association produces nucs of bees for beginners ,any unsuitable nucs for whatever reason can be replaced raising the quality...

Would a strip of oxalic/glycerine mix on a covered alighting board work,bees walk on it and carry into hive ?

Anyone brave enough to post their new year bee related resolutions mine are help more beginners in association apiary keep better hive records

Had a 1/2 price sale inmy local store,got mine for €50,good machine

Many happy years beekeeping with it verry jealous,will just have to put up with honey inthe car boot

same wild bird mix next to me but gave the farmer some borage phacelia and lucerne seed so at least the bees will get something

At 1 of my apiary sites the owner has planted fennell i know this is of value to bees but has anyone got honey from this source?

Irish bee supplies have them in stock,single dose and six dose acid chambers jimis going to loan me one to try so will be able to report http://www.irishbeesupplies.com/HYGIENE__DISEASE/cat1800429_2262149.aspx

Thanks have been waiting for this stapler now i have it have to make something with it

brads Where do you get brads for this model m

Only nessary to approach hive once rest of time dealing with 3 frame nucs and i found no stinging see if new nucs are good then sell some if excess to needs,has always worked for my vicious colonies now i rarely have to perform this manoeuvre now

Give club secretary a shout he grafts most weeks getting 16 out of 20 takes and will demonstrate his tecknique for u

I split my vicious hives into nucs ,wait a week remove all queen cells,destroy the nasty queen(in nuc with eggs no queen cells) and add a sealed queen cell from my breeder stock leave alone till queens expected to be laying have no more trouble with nasty stock and get 5/6 nucs from it

Thanks all looks like i have to donate a few more pounds of honey to the previous owner

Here are two photos. Second one is of the joint in the lid.

Magnets will not stick to them.They are in perfect condition