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Following on from this post I suggest that you do not buy from Oak Furniture Land. I have it on good authority that the timber used is from from unsustainable forest felling in China.

The stinging part is in two pieces, horizontally opposed and able to move independently. A bit like holding two saw blades together and pullin one up while pushing the other down. This action drives the sting deeper to inject venom as deeply as possible. Given the venom sacs on outside of stung...

opened some in Spain, explained how good they were and met with response ' so why do they taste so bad.?

Dined in a Spanish restaurant at Venta el pobre Almeria some years ago. Due to large numbers of fruit flies around table Mike went to van and armed us all with fly swatters. Manager came out with huge aerosol can assuring us that it would kill the flies but not harm the food, so all sorted then...

Found in a '70s beekeeping magazine, "a bee's sting is one sixteenth of an inch long and it's temperature is the same as that of the air surrounding it. The extra six inches and five hundred degrees are in the imagination."

If you want to exhibit 'frame for extraction' first super is left on top of brood box. When second super is 75% full place another super underneath it. This will/should ensure that cappings on second super remain as white as possible, bees do not wipe their feet on entering the hive and...

My bee suit developed a a large gap in the crotch area. I also found I had left my flies open when I removed suit. I was lucky since bees move upwards! Took a swarm today, mentioned crotch problem, the lovely lady took suit and repaired seam, insisted I stay for meal of Salmon, rice and baby...

Only fly pasts I see are (thankfully) other people's swarms

Many years ago at the Birmingham Show, our Association had the usual Observation Hive. Since it would be in place for three days some means were needed to enable the bees to fly. A fairly large diameter length of polythene tubing, with hairy string inside it, was attached to the hive, taken up...

any other colour makes it very hard to see through.

B & Q packed? Went to my local branch for decorators caulk £2.98 a tube, Screwfix price £1.15, Sandpaper 10 sheets £4.98, local hardware shop 12 sheets for £1.30. bit like buying Oxalic acid from major suppliers!

At last year's National Honey Show the class 'Frame for Extraction' was easily won by a shallow frame using Drone foundation. It was a joy to behold!

honey prices German market in birmingham yesterday, 500gm jars of honey ranging in price from £8.50 to to £11.50 depending on type of honey source.

With a mesh floor I have read that it is advisable to insert the tray when snow is on the ground in order to cut down the level of reflected light which may cause the bees to think that it is a warm sunny day (?). With MB polys the inside is white and this reflection,with tray left out, will be...

Thought he gave people a rash!

Yes, heatmats come in all wattages. I use a14watt so dont need a thermostat.Takes a little time but no increase in HMF. Best in an insulated cabinet

I have an extractor, stainless steel 9 frame radial new this season. First use resulted in seepage from joint between base and side. Seller refunded 20% of purchase price without question, perhaps I was not only one with this problem. How can I seal this leaky joint using food grade material...

Visited Country Store near Redditch today. 227gram (half pound) of Wye Valley honey on sale at £4.49 and seemed to be going fast.

A friend of mine, renowned biologist, was reading 'biology' mag on a train from Liverpool to Brum. Passenger said that he must like animals, well, yes I do jack replied. So do I, I've just done 3 months for releasing over 1,000 mink from a farm and giving them their freedom. Jack pointed out...

UFAW ( Universities Federation on Animal Welfare ) have excellent leaflets on the humane killing of animals. I bred mice and rats as reptile food, up to 1,500 a year, grabbing base of tail and cracking head hard down on edge of bench was messy and sometimes needed 2 or 3 goes with rats, they are...