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Has anyone been keeping an eye on the prices of overwintered Nucs? The prices are getting higher every year this price increase cannot be sustainable. Last year the price was around £250 for a nuc of bees early season and I'm seeing adverts for next springs nucs at £325 to £350 and nucs in June...

I've officially had enough now. Sick of making candles. Sick of jarring and labelling honey. Sick of making up gift sets. If it carries on like this I think by Christmas I'll be back in the asylum :) I've spend hours and hours making bloody candles about 200 of them and they keep disappearing...

Just wondered if anyone ese was as pee'd off as me by having to put together boxes of Christmas gift sets etc. Doing my nut in already.

https://www.esmmagazine.com/retail/worlds-first-plant-based-honey-to-launch-in-europe-next-january-206907?fbclid=IwAR0sKh5edfbZJ9f_d0CYkDjyeZ09l8MqZV8dmP1E-rZMi3ZbyHu3v02sVY4 World's First Plant-Based Honey To Launch In Europe Next January October 06, 2022 11:50 AM Share this article One of the...

I was asked by some customers to do some Cut Comb and Chunk Honey. Now I've had to buy a freezer to keep the damn stuff in. Filled the little spare freezer, filled the space in the main freezer and had more to store. It's not Heather Honey can't be bothered with that fuss. Luckily found a 450ltr...

Found a useful tool on Google earth today. If you want to know the area of a field use the ruler tool and map the outside of the field and it can tell you the area in hectares. Found a field of beans this morning 500m from an apiary and measured it, came back as 30 hectares. Measured the osr...

Today I have been trying to deal with the council. Over the last week there has been 5 swarms in our village all from one bee owner, I have collected 4 ( one from his own garden) but the 5th has taken up residence in a tree owned by the council. These bees are vile, if you make the mistake of...

Does anyone have any experience with Konigin equipment ? Trying to find out how it compares to other makes. Looking at uncapping machine and extractors. The finish to the equipment isn't the same as somewhere like Thomas/fritz but it's half the price. Any experiences would be gratefully received.

Does anyone have any experience with Konigin equipment ? I've seen some and it's at the bottom of the price scale. The finish doesn't look as good as other manufacturers but how does it compare to manufacturers like Lyson etc. Thanks

What's a lega 9 frame manual radial extractor worth, it has the racks for brood frames but they are showing some rust not very bad though. It's old but great condition.

I have a colony that came through winter in a below average state, wasn't terrible but not great. I put that down to them being in an exposed area. I have done the second inspection and there is low amount of brood and low amount of eggs but some are there. Less than last inspection and a lot...

Ok what is the best vapouriser for about 30 colonies ? Trying with a varrox is driving me insane. I tried 2 at a time and it's too slow. I don't want to pre mix stuff I just want to sort it. 240v is available I have a jenny.

Does anyone here work with Bees abroad ?

Is joining the BFA worth it for a part timer ? What do you get for the membership fee ? I understand the insurance is worth the money if you have hundreds of hives but as a small scale part time job is it worth joining ? Basically i'm asking what's in it for me.

i'm trying to find the bee farmer that has hives on the land off swepstone road measham previously owned by lovetts. The land has been sold and the current owner has offered me your bees if I want them. I don't want them as that is theft. He has said that if they aren't moved by june he will...

Just had an e mail AFB has been found in the kegworth, loughborough, medbourne triangle.

Sorry about the poor quality of the pic. When looking closely at the samples I have there are two different shaped nosema spores. One is slightly more pointed and a little thinner than the other. Which one is apis and which is ceranea or can't you tell from a microscope. Difference shows better...

I've been trying to find out what's going on with the 2 poorly hives I have. There is a low amount of bees in the hives and everytime I try and go to put them into a nucs it's too cold or it rains. When I checked them there was a small patch of BIAS but close to that there were some cells with...

http://www.hortweek.com/controversial-fera-privatisation-goes-ahead-capita-newcastle-university-taking-agency/plant-health/article/1333401 https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/animal-and-plant-health-agency/about I wonder how this will affect the beekeeping industry.