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I'm after the combined wisdom of the forum, please. Has anyone considered using something like this: Hot cupboard Plate warmer 60 plates Ø320mm | Adexa EPW1 as a warming cabinet? Can anyone see any probs with doing so? I like the look of the one in Maisemore's catalogue, but £1200 plus is...

I have had bees in a location near my neighbour's house for six years, but in recent weeks, my neighbour advised me that bees were flying in to her boiler flue and causing the boiler to malfunction/shut off... Has anyone else experienced this, or have any suggestions as to why this behaviour...

Any suggestions gratefully received, thanks. (Sorry about the size of the pic)

I have acres of blackthorn around one of my apiaries and it has been flowering in profusion for nearly 4 weeks. During the warm spell the bees were working it avidly. Does anyone know what colour the honey is, or if it has any particular flavour? Thanks

Hi, Does anyone have experience of the above, please? I have been asked to provide stocks for a new pick your own site and have been doing some research with very different answers. The two extremes are: a) bees can't cope with polytunnels/greenhouses b) bees will work in the...

Has anyone tried cleaning wax in a bruheat boiler, please? Back in the day, when I used to brew, the element in the boiler would occasionally "fur up" and cut out during the boil. IIRC it was down to the sugars in the wort.... I intend to wash the wax first, so sugars shouldn't be an issue...

aargh, I didn't get the same prompts. think I'd better abandon this and go and watch a vid.....

I'd like to set up a simple, Y/N poll, but having ventured to start a new thread, I can't see any options for setting up the options. Can anyone help, please? Thanks Having submitted this post, I can now see how the poll is set up.... Will try again, sorry Can I/someone delete this post...

Hi, Did any of you lucky ones who managed to get to Tradex this year see this? https://perrycroftbees.co.uk/cadbee May I ask what you thought about it? Thanks

Did anyone else think that the insects buzzing around the carcase were honeybees? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcone at about 20.15 If they were bees, it's the most bizarre forage......though I guess, as the old saying goes, beggars can't bee choosers. Fab programmes, even if there...

Has anyone got any ideas??? Found on the top bars of the brood nest. It's so propolised, I can't even see if it has two pairs of wings or not. The only distinctive features I can see are the size(!), large eyes, "parallel" venation, the remains very dark "fur" on the dorsal thorax - ginger...

Heard about this on Crossing Continents this morning...Russian roofers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgLiEJRFXc8 etc.

I see that the above is being repeated on BBC 4, Mondays 7.30pm, for anyone who missed it first time round. There are some very odd bits which had some members on here denigrating it first time round, but it's a pleasing and fascinating programme for non beeks and it raised the profile of bees...

I notice that this

Can anyone point me to any tables/guidelines/research that correlates the above. It occurred to me that none of the stuff I've looked at compares the mite kill using a vaporiser with the size of the colony/amount of brood. I can only find figures that relate to natural mortality or drone...

I'm hoping someone will be able to help...has anyone else tried one of the above? (It's a Miller feeder, with a clear polycarbonate(?) cover over the feeding area). I put one on a nuc the other day and when I had a quick look an hour or two later, there was a lot of drownded bees. They...

This was found inside a highways grit bin. The only information supplied was that whatever it is stinks!

What are your views on how early a queen can be marked - with paint, rather than glued-on discs, please? I only mark a queen after she has started laying after an experience, years ago, when I marked a newly emerged queen with Tippex. She immediately started writhing and trying to wipe at her...

Just a quick one - where do I get the best smoker on the market? One that works as a smoker(!) and can stand up, reasonably, to a bit of a battering from my clumsiness.... thanks.

Apologies if this has been posted before, but I stumbled across it while having a little post-prandial browse. Looks as if it could be a useful reference http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/pollen/index2.htm