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Don't give up. As Ian says try Facebook or even the postcard in the corner shop. Is there anyone in the local association who would share a site?

My regular 1066 227/8oz hex jar order with Freeman and Harding has gone up from £365 in mid November to £437 two weeks ago

Checked my lady farmer's site and fed two nucs and one hive of the fifteen colonies there. No losses so far. She updated me that a lot of the OSR planted by local farmers had not taken well over winter and is looking miserable. Collected a Facebook Marketplace bargain of four stainless steel...

I've got a lad, who is a son of the wife's friend, shadowing me for his DofE. He helped me in the autumn tidying up apiaries and feeding whilst learning some basics. He will come out 4/5 times in the spring - making up nucs/ adding supers etc. He has 12 months to get signed off. Gave him honey...

Here is some basic Finnish for you. Is this a young @Finman?

Checked 15 hives and 15 nucs here on the London Essex border. 6 nucs and 1 hive fed.

I used to work with a chap who had half an ear missing due to his ex girlfriend’s horse having a nibble. He was known as 18 months.

Just over 100 plus about 35 overwintered nucs. Same again today (frames and boxes) plus chopping up blocks of fondant ready for food checks tomorrow

Made 50 super frames and four super boxes. Will do every day that I can And paid HMRC what I owe them

Many thanks for the responses - will try once the raining stops.

Agree - was the six monthly jet wash after visiting some fields which were a bit boggy.

After a couple of days of indulgence and before an eagerly anticipated expedition to God's county (Norfolk) I decided to give the Hilux a good clean. I have a lot of stubborn propolis stains on the paintwork. Has anyone found an easy way to remove them without causing damage to the paintwork?

Loads on ebay. Had a couple before at great prices.

My father worked for a company (Springfields) which was owned by Geest Bananas based in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Every year the owners (John and Len van Geest) would supply every employee with a fantastic box of fruit from around the world, often giving them out personally. Every year we would...

Reminds me - is there any news on the Blenheim Blacks?

Every other hive seems to have a number of ladybirds, or coccinelles as my french nieces call them

I had to feed two colonies today in maisemore nucs. I cut a long piece of fondant, similar in size to a nice generous piece of rump steak. I then droop this into the feeder section, over the qx divider thing, and across the tops of frames, flattening as it as I go.. Was a balmy 13 degrees and...

Survivor oaks?

Oh, come on, there is a black bee at about 11 o'clock in the photo. Perhaps he means that one?

Out doing winter prep in South West Essex and the village of Moreton was virtually cut off. This was one road with both vehicles stationary. The chap in the van said his socks were wet. Several rivers and streams had burst their banks. Didn't add insult to injury by giving them a Hilux generated...