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lived in trees and did just enough to get them through the year and maybe the odd swarm perhaps :)

had thought it was two parts heather to one part blossom. Suspect it might vary from area to area

A great day here in the north lakes, so had a quick peak in some of my hives and the apiary that I look after, 11 hives in all. All doing fine most have four frames of brood, one was on 6 . Two only had a couple of frames of brood, though considering that I thought they had died out, they are...

Welcome to the forum. there is a lot of useful information available to you here. I would recommend that you join your local association. find a mentor you can trust and read as much as you can. Guide to Bees and Honey by Ted Hooper would be a could start, reading that book transformed my...

Moved five hives, for a friend, 20 miles to his new apiary site in the snow. By lunch we had experienced winter, spring, autumn and back to winter.

Looks like an interesting project and I will be interested in the results

Just stood watching bees flying and out of the two hives at work. I seem to remember there is a technical term for that but have for gotten what it is. Loads of pollen going in :) I am particularly pleased about one hive, as I had written it off last year as a drone layer. I left it to...

Went to check on the association apiary today and was very surprised to see bees flying from two hives I had thought dead, having not seen any bees through the feed hole at the last two visits. At first I thought they were robbing, but I don't think robbers carry pollen into a hive. Things got...

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Went to apiary to plant some more fruit trees, did not expect to see any activity as the car temp gauge showed 4C. Therefore a little bit surprised to see all five hives flying and taking in pollen. Tried to check temp using a household thermometer, which also showed 4C, quite impressed

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I mix a handful of pellets in with some corrigated cardboard and dried wood

I use the compressed lavender pellets and find that the bees are less distressed. Me smelling of laveder takes some explaining at times.

-6 here 20 miles inland from you nic

Thanks for the heads up

That would account for why when I made my one and only foray into the "bar" my name was shown as Cum***** This has always seemed odd to me. That the censor takes an innocuous word such as Cumbria and turns it into something that might be considered rude

R2 ps. Humans know that Scunthorpe is a place, a 'puter thinks it's rude! Same problem with Cumbria

The bed in the greenhouse seems quite comfortable thankyou.:smilie_bett:

:iagree: and now I can tell my other half that cleaning up the mess is good for her as part of her diet