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    Skimming

    its lovely honey eat it, reminds me of a good head on a pint of ale
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    Hello from Romania

    hi i have friends in Romainia, one a beekeeper in Barcanesti
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    Strong honey flavour.......

    agree, mine is toffee like, beautiful flavour, HB honey, as i saw the bees returning home after visiting it.
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    Storing Buckets of Honey

    keep it in a cool, dark, vermin proof place and warm it when you need to bottle it.
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    showing honey question.

    also after putting lids on there is often a white mark left by the seal so this needs cleaning off to. i take the lids off at the venue to clean them and replace asap, agree some aroma will be lost
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    Marine ply

    id make some nucs with it
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    Feeding the bees back their own honey

    i understand that some/most honeys OSR, etc set harder than stored syrup so syrup is easier for the bees to manipulate for eating, thats what i have been told for years, dont have any evidence to be exact though. and if its far from the cluster will the bees move to it? not always from my...
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    cheapest place for natinal crown/feeder boards

    mek your own get loads out of a sheet of ply
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    how to rear queens?

    yes my favourite is Queen Bee; Biology, rearing and Breeding by David Woodward good picutres, small easy read paragraphs.
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    Bubble wrap for insulation??

    reduce the wind build a fence and put scaffold net on it to break the wind, worked a treat for me, wont cost loads, beg some from a builder for a few jars of the good stuff
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    Countryfile

    nice one, but get in the queue please
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    White froth on honey

    its bits of wax etc and lots of air, scrape it off and use it yourself its lovely and creamy,
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    Apiamondia

    eh, dont fool us, your no apprentice, with dovetail joints like those for such a small box!!! where in north yorks are u?
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    How to close for winter

    only feed fondant later on, if they are short of stores, the weather is cold and if the cluster is tight, so the fondandant is directly above the bees, so they dont have to break away from the cluster. The reason is, they eat the fondant rather than use it for stores, My kingspan is glued into...
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    Suitable Garden?

    loads of beeks in west yorks, get an experienced beek to come and look at your situation, give em a cuppa tea of course, google yorkshire BKA to get a local contact/association
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    the symbol of manchester?

    saw on beeb 2 this evening that in Manchester civic hall there are mosiac bees in the floor of Manchester Civic Hall, can anyone put any facts about the story? seen the same at a monestry in Cyprus, is it related to hard work or what? many thanks.
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    Supersedure cells, royal jelly no larvae!

    i got a pair of specs with slightly stronger lenses, just for beekeeping can sure now see those eggs
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    reluctance to accept a queen

    i have tried to introduce new queens, 2 in some cases, to queenless colonies, even nucs, with the usual introduction cages, even wrappped the emerging ends in double newspaper, it appears that after a certain amount of time, the bees will not accept a queen, under any circumstances. no done...
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    Off to the Heather

    a bit of bell heather out, but ling is not out on north yorks yet or wasnt on friday
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    Honey price

    evidently TH**** are selling honey for 3 quid per 1lb jar, i bet they dont pay the same as us for the jars or labels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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