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I also met Vasilikis about five years ago when visiting NE Corfu - near a village called Arillas where we stayed twice a year until Covid. A lovely chap who insisted I put on a veil and went into a hive with shorts and t shirt. To keep hornets away from the hives he had tables with fish on...

https://www.fera.co.uk/food-safety/in-this-section/authenticity-testing/hmf.html

I was asked to put bees into the Olympic Village, Stratford, E20 by the community management team last year. 100m from the River Lea. I was concerned there would be little forage but was being paid so agreed. Currently have nine supers sitting almost full spread across two hives, and very nice...

And when it goes wrong, or there is a problem......

Have used shorty Dunlop wellies for a few years - about £12 from EBay. Have recently been treated by HMRC to a pair of Hunters with zips down the sides. So comfortable and keeps the bees out over a full suit.

That’s right ~ nectar foragers hand over the nectar whereas pollen foragers have pack it in the cells themselves

Jet lighters from eBay. £3ish perfect job. As for a cork for the smoker I find that Talisker ones fit perfectly, currently £25 on offer with Tesco Club card

They have a relatively short shelf life and are expensive so doctors are not keen to prescribe them to people who have no evidence of a reaction. And there was a general shortage last year

When you did the split did you see the queen? Could they already have swarmed? If so you could have had a virgin(s) in the split and they were on mating flights. What has happened to the two cells you left? Standard opened or ripped down?

Aldo or Lidl's version of Marigolds. Just a little thinner and perfect for the job.

Excellent communication around a large delivery of nuc boxes a few weeks ago.

Could be refurbished returns - I have had to take two back over the last six months after they packed up. Still great pieces of kit.

Yep, had it a good few times. Always worrying, especially at this time of year.

I moved a load of hives 1 mile about three weeks ago when then were flying only on warm afternoons. No returners found. Probably doesn’t help much

The tax man is paying for it...

Very simple answer. Advertising revenue.

Yes, do away with Road Tax and add it onto fuel prices, though those in the sticks would moan. Would have to raise £6.5 billion (2019-20 figures) that is currently raised via VED.

Licensing would never work. Many would decline to register. Impossible to police or enforce. That's before you think about the costs of running a scheme that would never be self financing. Dog licensing was abolished in 1988 at which time only approximately half of dog owners had a licence.

No, but that one is still around if you want you borrow it.