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Similar to my land rover then, I think it is a beekeeper thing, carry as much kit as possible around with you only to find the kit you need is at base when you are on site.

And shed in each apiary, now that is organized.

And couple of subjects that we do most years but I do not get involved with are. 1 beekeepers question time with a group of experienced as the board and answer any questions from the floor. 2 members meeting where anyone is free to show any kit/ gadgets that have been made during winter.3 get...

No doubt that will be one of the first questions asked Chris, just to start the day on a good note!!

Put the gas or electricity in to melt the wax and it may get expensive, but I agree its nice to be self sufficient.

It actually says on their website what the problems were and the difference between the old and new versions

Use a wax crayon and write on the hive roof, note in book if you want to if you need to take kit to out apiary

I was reading some early threads in this section, this one started in November, has anyone heard what is happening with DASH, it's the spring meeting soon, so hopefully something will be released then. I for one would not entertain any two day training during the busy time, I would like to think...

I have never known it this bad, I was round checking hives the other day and some sites barely possibly to get around even in a land Rover, it must mean walking if you use a van or small pick up. It must get better soon!!! The bees were fine just some fondant here and there, mostly the nucs.

Around here its not just the rape, winter sown crops of all types are waterlogged, huge acreages have not germinated and will have to be re-sown with spring varieties adding to the farmers costs. One of my farmers was commenting on his losses of autumn sown crops that are useless. The shoots...

One thing that can become important is record keeping, if you have multiple cell bars in the incubator you need to know which are which age if they are going into boxes as ripe queen cells

Its here, post 26, mains is via a supplied 240 volt transformer and 12 volt is cigarette lighter in car but bear in mind the power draw is a headlamp bulb so battery will not last for ever unless engine is runnng http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=14268&page=3

sorry tried to copy and paste from another thread and the pics did not move, will put the link to the thread

The only thing I would advise using these is to have two sources of moisture, one in the format of soaked foam under the cellos and another above the bars as the heat source is close to the cell tops and the heat is dry from the bulb, as you know this is from experienc. As I have made one of...

Not usually a problem during the season, but do not leave wax in them for winter, use new starter stripes this year

PM me and I will send by email mail, it's lots of pages, did it for dano41 last year

Chris is David or Rob getting the apimelter in the next newsletter?%

Formic always has had that type of effect on colonies, strong colonies only probably, and supers on, we will have to see what the powers that be have to say on that one. From what beesource says they leave them on in the US.

chris B's faired similarly, you should have borrowed a boat and towed them as he did Murray would have saved the cold and wet a little, wood does float but not as buoyant as poly

No Pete AMM are known for slow buildup and small broodnests also smaller than average honey crop, who would want my body anyway