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Be better buying an electric hot wire pen, not sure what they are actually called, but it has a hot wire and you can write whatever you want with it.

Works for me.:)

:iagree: Isn't part of the weekly inspection to determine if they have enough stores to last until the next?

I think that many here are over reacting a tad. If you are in a field and somebody is laying down, gasping for breath, and there are a few beehives about, I think it's a fair assumption they might be in some sort of bee related shock, even if its a wrong assumption, is an epi pen going to make...

It's Health and Safety gone mad.

In the middle of a field, no 'phone, just an epi-pen and a gasping wo/man. Yeah, it's a no brainer.

Bit of a chestnut this one. My m8 has an epi-pen, and if he needed a ***, or somebody who I thought needed it, then I'd *** them. There is the "Good Samaritan" clause if you are worried about jabbing.

Just looked through mine, one hive has had a super on for a few weeks, and up until last Monday the bees had ignored it, today it's almost full of capped honey. :)

Put a Horseley board between them, and see which is the best, or make two colonies when they get working.

I have found swarm collecting is a very enjoyable thing to do and forgive the pun it's a real BUZZ. Agreed, Chatting with people who have them in their trees, hedges etc, explaining what you're doing, and hoping the swarm read the same books. :)

Ditto South Staffs.

Don't quite see the point of taking down all the QC's and letting them, hopefully make new ones. Have I missed something?

No hair, just a redhead?

Lots of bees and hot weather. More space and ventilation I reckon.

Small queen, dlw, queen got in super when you inspected.

If they went in that easy, you might be lucky and have the queen. I'd use talcum powder to dust them, if I was dusting.

Are they all drones?

I fix varroa mesh on the inside of the roof, bees and wasps can get through the cones. As you have found out.

Take a piece of mesh, about 4" long, 4" wide. Bend it around a pencil or similar so it's "U" shaped. Then, bend it back, each side of the "U" bend so that it has a flat side on either side of the tunnel, close one end. The two flats are pinned over the hive entrance so that the bees can see...

ps I make it from varroa mesh.