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Looks to be mining bees from the piccies in which case, leave them alone, they cant sting and will be gone in 2 or 3 weeks time.

I am definatley a mindless moron, cause killing wasps is my job! I probably get through a million or more each year and i get paid for it so i can eat curry LOL

I think you need to take some into custody and check thier dental records.

I cant believe i just read that. I need to have a drink and read it again just to make sure LOL And there i was thinking PH was a bee god, could do no wrong, oh how the mighty have fallen :D

I got some footage albeit breif, of mining bees mating today! The black and white ones! Never had them in the garden in previous years... Its shaping up to bee a bee year LOL

Mining bees come in all sorts of different shapes and colours. Wouldnt rule those out.

You sure its not mining bees? I have had several calls for them over the last few days.

I cut mine from large stock, plane, size, thicknesser, then table saw with a dado (could use a router table or spindle moulder for that part) then just lop off each side with the bandsaw. The tops are just cut to near size on the table saw then using the thickness planer bring them down to the...

This is why i make my own frames! If i could make my own foundation i would!

I am sure it was, this year everything seems to be earlier than normal! I wonder when the swarms will start calling?

Extremely early for hornets to be doing any killing. As with all wasps, same as bees they can only feed on sugary liquid type food. They only catch insects to feed thier young. There was a report of an active wasp nest being treated last week, but i find that hard to believe. The earliest i have...

I make all my frames now. I find them bloody expensive to buy, the foundation is enough without doubling the cost for frames too. Once you get setup its not too much trouble. I feel a video coming on :sifone: but then everyone will get all jelous of my tenoning jig! LOL

Are you fellas on about adding extra to a smaller box to make it into a commercial size? I forget that other people are on smaller sizes LOL I only have commercial hives myself, no problem lifting them. Anyhow, i popped a super on two days ago with 5 frames in (thats all i had at the time)...

Does anyone know which day thornes of stockbridge opens? I know its in april but is it april the 1st or what? Cant see any dates on the website.

I need to get some new bandsaw blades soon, last batch i bought was probably 5 years ago, they are all rusty LOL There is a blade out there called a woodpecker, last time i looked! It looked pretty good, and you could get them an inch wide, which is ideal for splitting wide lengths down! Wish...

I have a multitude of jigs here for various projects. Most homemade, one or two are bought. The tenoning jig that is used on the table saw is quite impressive!

Ive never made a glass cover board, but i would bed it into something that has some give. Just make sure you get everything nice and straight and flat!

You cannot buy new saws that will take a dado blade in europe now, they deliberatley make the arbors too short. You can still buy dado blades though, cmt make them, freud make them etc. Something i should have said in the video though, you put your hand into a moving dado blade, for the rest of...

Bloody hell, you wouldnt like my bees then! As soon as the crown board is off they are up like predators, just waiting to pounce LOL

Its definatley a common (vespa vulgaris) queen wasp. There will only be queens about at the moment anyway. You can tell that shes a common by the markings on her back ;O)