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thanks for the tip on facebook groups ... dont know how successful it is selling through that ... but worth a try I guess not really allowed to have an account as my wife isnt a fan of FB ! auctions/spring fairs ... sounds a bit more time intensive and time is one of my enemies !

I have an electric fence and run a cable to power it for our garden hens But now the fox knows about the fence it never bothers it ... even when the power was off for a few weeks so you could well power off a car battery for a few weeks to educate the fox (and hens !) The fence is high enough...

interesting ... so sounds like this small sample set would have me leave the correx inspection boards in all the time have 5 hives so might hedge my bets ! thanks again for all the info

Agree .. down here in sunny sutton (surrey) its the same but I always worry about feeding fondant (spoked by comments from our northern cousins but haven't needed to in my first few years doing this. (poly double brood and double kingspan on top of the lid)

The water test ... does anyone do that on their market stall with some tesco honey vs real honey ?

Having a sort out in the apiary and the current paynes hives are sat on two large wooden sleepers but there isn't much air circulation up into the OMF as the sleepers dont have a gap between them ... so unlike a stand I wonder how much air flow there is (tbh they have been happy enough there for...

fair point ... shall I delete the post ? its pretty tucked away and behind a house ... but maybe its something that is only visible in winter when the leaves are off ?

Drove back from gatwick the other day and a lovely set of ~20 hives in an apiary in a hill/field off the northbound M23 headed towards the M25 seems well organised and was a lovely sight to see !

Ha ha ... it looked a bit sluggish Eric and was headed south to Bank station when I saw it !

In Finsbury gardens (between Moorgate and Liverpool St) in the city and saw a bumble bee flying about looking busy !

good call the boss has one of these for the occasional cake ... might nab it !

so as a family we have a national super frame of cut comb for porridge and toast https://photos.app.goo.gl/2LfV6gznCSMh34Mu8 it lives on a plate but I'd like a cover for it to protect from dust and when spring comes flies ... anyone got any good suggestions of what to do ? Its nice to display...

my sample was 19th July so just as well I sent it in then ! would imagine my area is overdone with samples

I got pure ethanol from portugal when I was over there to do the job

thanks Eric that is a great idea !

try this thread` I found this useful https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=690996&postcount=21 is that what you were after ? Wasalaam

nice to see this old poll being resurrected ... :-) think the forum (slow or down or not) is a much better place well done everyone (mods, admin and pond life like me)

qq what is the problem with pollen in the cut comb ... must admit I got a lot of cut comb last season (still in the freezer) using foundationless frames (lolly sticks) and didnt really consider this pollem point

thanks very much again .... 'Bee Bombs' was the phrase he uses which made me chuckle (brood from nucs in the production colony) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nznzpiWEI8A really interesting

great thanks for that info ... will have a read of that info (that I should have read in the first place !) - and peform the FIT check !