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AND once upon a time all you had to do was to phone the local council pest control hotline and a fully qualified council employee would attend and deal with the little bastards... sometimes he would kill off a few rats too... all sponsored by the ratepayer... before the Tory cutbacks and years...

That's just another ruse of our Nanny State to make a few bucks from the already poor farmers! :calmdown::calmdown::calmdown::calmdown:

All this not helped by townies living in the country and baking little badger kakes and putting out pussy cat food for the starving Miss Tiggiewinkles. Plus it is impossible to buy decent rat poison in case we knock off the odd non target species! Have had to get out the old finger...

Four wheels can tip over th front unless you restrict the angle of steer. BIG tyres are better over rough ground One of my Native Cornish Black bee apiary site owners allows me to use one of the farm quads plus a trailor as she says my Defender churns up the ground too much.... friendliest...

he hive was pretty teasy (Cornish phrase for irritable) but not unexaminable Q may have left with a swarm... but the swarm lost her ?? was she clipped?... then the swarm returned to hive. Girls was tad teasy because they were queenless? To be sure time will tell Chons da

Hence the application of II using selected drones!

Try NFU Mutual as they appear to cover non business based liability. In my opinion the BBKA insurance on offer with Association membership is not worth the paper it is printed on... let alone the BDI !!! Chons da

Have a good look to see if they have yellow stripes.... if so probably robbing out! Glassquilt is helpful... look into hive at night with a red light to see if a swarm has taken up residence.... more usual to fill box with frames? Get bees inspected for disease... a lot floating around in the...

35 bursting overwinterd nuc of fantastic Cornish Amm, checked for queens etc and now have brood extensions fitted to give them space until I can finish the new roofs, UEOMF floors and broodboxes.... Some clown has been fitting pixie doors to the trees in the woodland dell apiary.... well made...

Our present HMG seem to be navigating the country using smoke and mirrors! Pargy could offer them a masterclass in dousing... perhaps? Chons da

QMP strips can be a Godsend if you have swarmy bees!

Good question 50 colonies would give you enough bees for nucs and possibly still provide a worthwhile honey crop. But ... how long is a piece of string??? Chons da

Deep Green Feminist Environmental Philosophy..... Didn't an American Marine Biologist state that in a 60s book entitled Silent Spring?

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Try a 000 fine brush... again smallest larvae you can find into a spot of Royal Jelly ( store in Eppendorf tube in fridge... warm before using!

Try every witch way and you will find what works for you and your bees.... could be which way..... Wish you success... it is a shame more beekeepers do not attempt to rear their own queens instead of importing from wompoopooland or wherever!

We just strim and trim behind the hives.... let the nettles and ferns grow in front of the colonies.... future proofing against the inevitable Asian Hornet Pandemic driven chaos as all the Dad's Army AHAT teams are on over 70s lockdown!!! Hornets can not hawk bees in a tangled thicket!! Chons da

50 grafts...That's just for starter box..... Finisher colonies ( Double brood Amm) only seem to handle around twenty started cells.... did read somewhere there is a forumula as to how many queens a colony can raise ??? Millar???

Yes.... but it does depend on what you ask the dowser to look for!