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one thing about an early demaree tho and end up getting splits .............they will be quite early ... just worried about those early nuc's you get ...will they get mated if there isnt that many drones about ? .... i created a few splits last year and maybe just had a horrible season but only...

i have some white lining gloves i use for the caps ........but they are cumbersome things !!....love your heatproof ones

sorry been a bit busy with work and now playing catch up .... my sweet potato pargyles still in the greenhouse ... looking green in their dustbin ... haven't dug them yet to inspect ..... So whats the plan ..time to harvest and leave a tuber to replant for next year ?

I always wind the window and shout thank you as I drive by anyway :)

My bees are within the 1.5km of Mayfields so free dibs for them !

Currently doing this .... partly cos I dont know about spraying certan on frames that i might want to extract later !

Got a decent hive in terms of numbers but clearly a drone layer and been like this for a couple of weeks ... so should I a) shake out in front of another hive - this is easy and safe option if a bit sad b) give some eggs from a working hive ( is it too late to think about getting a new queen...

sadly lost another hive ... queen failed and was too late to react ... been trying to inspect a bit less to 'let the bees' sort themselves out ...but got the wrong side of that and ended up getting a wax moth infestation instead ....also another nuc got wiped out ... so a real backwards year...

I used to work near the Bank of England and when I used to visit the city there was a nice limo with 'I8 TAX' which was a bit cheeky for my liking

sounds interesting ....got any good suggestions for places to park and put a kayak in ? ... me and mrs citrus mainly play on the Wey near guildford and generally do an hour one way and back on our kayak but up for a bit of a change feel free to DM me if its easier or email...

Hear hear ... was a battleground at times in the past and been very good since we had some proper moderation (take a bow Dani) just remember the forum moto** .... "its nice to be nice " . . . . . . **I made this up**

Ian qq for you ....I tried the pipe in the paynes poly but still saw the odd wasp go inside on my one failed nuc ... but that could have been at a time when it was too late.. I wonder if you could put an elbow on the pipe - I tried one using some push fit fittings on another nuc ... but the...

Been a poor yield year for my bees and reading on the threads it seems the same for a few others (but not exclusively) guess the last 3 years I've been spoilt year on year so wasnt really mentally prepared it ! just interested in the reasons why this year has been so bad ? (from sw london...

so I had 3 spring splits ... but was thinking about raising another 2 nuc's as the bait hives didnt catch this year (badly sighted, no lemon grass, etc etc) could I try and raise another nuc now with eggs and nurse bees from a main hive ? or wait til the bramble is over ? (we generally...

someone said use a hoover (henry with no bag and water/fairy liquid to break the surface tension)

We have clover in our grass and i purposely dont mow our gardens to let it come through. My son complains about the football pitch needing a mow ...but I told him he is welcome to mow it if he could be bothered !

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mine are alive and well .... i have 4 slips that were kindly sent to me (thanks AGAIN :-) ... so whats the best option ... stick them in two growbags or in the soil itself ?

gosh I wish I'd read this earlier .... just lost a nuc to wasps in a paynes poly hive i put on a tunnel entrance a few days back when I saw they were under attack ...just a long 20cm bit of poly pipe that fitted nicely ...... which I thought might help but when i went back to check last...

haha .. bless ... I have 5 hens so have plenty of eggs to give you if you ever venture to Sutton (fair swap for you excellent sweet potatoes that are doing fine )