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A few years ago i went to feed a nuke. I had no suit on just tshirt and shorts. Suddenly they swarmed out and i got 8 stings on my legs in 2 seconds. They nuc lid went flying off in my reaction.I ran into the house with bees chasing me defeated. I told my wife and son what happened. Then i...

I have used a empty smoker sometimes to blow the vape around the hive more as i am vaping at the entrance. Or i move the wand around slowly under the frames to get a better spread.

Depends on the amount of colonies and your time. Pan types need to cool between uses . I winter i just stick it in cold shingle on drive way to cool quicker. But can refill about 5min to 10min after a vape.

I have found that after inspections when i sit outside about 25m away a few bees like to bug me. Just wack them dead and all is well or run around doing the crasy arm wave dance thing

Ya fellies are leka.

Good stuff borage honey

Ask When you are on high amounts of steriods you cant sleep at all. You will be up at 2am knocking together frames and hives and then take the dogs for a long walk. Its horrible stuff to be on.

Aliums have major pest problems. From botrytis, Rust to eal worm. With onion eal worm you need to give about 7 to 10 years break. May be time for alium break. Thats why cross contamination is so bad. Clean tools etc

Yes they will clear everthing out eggs larvae stores. They are pretty hectic

When it come to hydroponics i find some peaple get confused. You can get hydro systems in glasshouses tunnels fields. Meaning the nutrient is mixed in water ph adjusted and applied in my different ways in inert media. Then you have grow lights. They can be used in many ways as well. To control...

You can use 400watt horticulture light. Grow two or three mother plants. Then in spring take cuttings from them and root how you wish. you can keep cutting them back to control the size.Or make air layers on the mother plants early in the year And pot on deep

Yes sungold are great my favourite.used to grow and sell lots of them

Sale is ended. I am selling all my bees due to relocation. I am keeping the boxes but selling the full colonies with bees and frames. So you will need to bring boxes..I cant take my bees with. I have 10 still available. I am near Ashford Kent. I would like £150 per colony. Priced to clear.They...

Nice. Enjoy

Thanks for the info

Hello I had two bumble bees getting balled and stung on the landing board of one colony. One survived.I have tried many times to try and get mites off of bombus when they are on the ground. Any idea what these mites are. Do bombus get varroah.

Yes win win. I had a load of bees brush off into my boots a while ago. And like Mr Palmer says they staple your sockets down.. sensitive area ankles for stings

Ya with bottlletops

When i used to do greenhouse spraying i used to fill my gumboots with water till the top. It does help cool you down

I use a lyson budget 20 frame electric.no problems works well. Also one 20 frame load fills a 15kg bucket. I put it on a frame with wheels and it helps alot. Remember the time you will us to extract 200 to 300 frames with 10 to 12 production hives. I have been harvesting the last few weeks to...