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I bought this Microscope just over 1 year ago and have not yet used it! It was part of the 'Advanced set' from Brunel. It is complete as bought from Brunel including carry case. Willing to sell for serious offers! + P&P Thanks :)

not had a lot of time on here lately, so just wanted to wish each and everyone of you a very happy x mas and a great new year! :xmas-smiley-016::music-smiley-026::party::music-smiley-026::xmas-smiley-016:

I have a number of super frames that are partly full and partly capped. I have sufficient stores on the hives, so can i freeze these frames and put them back on in the spring? Thanks :)

Out of my 3 colonies, 1 will be overwintered on double brood and 2 will have a BB + super. for those who overwinter with a super, will you place this Under or Over the BB? Thanks :)

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took a few stings yesterday on the hand whilst inspecting a hive, only really noticed 1 which i scraped out with the hive tool. thought no more about it and went on with the inspection. Started to itch and a little swelling in the evening, but during the night i would have chopped my hand off to...

My first batch of honey, with a few jars gone before taking pics! :drool5:

How do you remove honey from your cappings? I have slowly melted down the cappings/honey in a big pan with the intention of removing the wax from on top when it has cooled and to use the honey for myself/cooking any other ways?? Thanks

Does anyone here use drone base foundation in the supers? assuming you can keep the Queen out are there any problems with doing this? can you mix drone base with worker base? Many thanks for you views :)

Went out to check a hive last night around 11:00 and could hear it halfway down the garden. sounded like a huge air conditioning unit running! Hopefully lots of nectar being processed! :drool5:

wanting to swarm or wanting to chill? As you can see, the hive on the right is on a double nat BB with 2 supers on. Previously this colony has swarmed and then thrown a cast. not sure if you can tell from the pic but there is a QE under the bottom BB to prevent any more casts whilst i await the...

Had some time to spare this afternoon so knocked up a clearer board. :smash::smash::smash: It is Roger pattersons square version. I didn't have a hole cutter so had to chew it out :smilielol5: hence the not very round shape! just needs covering with mesh and treating, then ready for the test run!

I have just (yesterday) put one of my hives on double brood, it had 2 part filled supers on it so yesterday i left a clearer board with 2 porter escapes under the supers and QX (in case there are any drones up there!), so i can put a feed of syrup on to get them to draw out the top BB. this...

Something i don't look forward to, but there is sure to be a time when uniting colonies perhaps or replacing old queens that a queen needs to be killed. just wondered about how you all would do this? Thanks

During the season we put on more supers as the colony expands, and of course, one of the reasons for this is to prevent overcrowding. So, what about overcrowding when the supers are removed:confused: There must be a time before wet supers are given back to the bees when a lot more bees are...

I have just managed to secure 2 apiary sites :party: one in a big garden/orchard of a big country house 10 mins from me.(maybe just a couple of hives going there) and another in a paddock near orchards and OSR fields, this one is a little further away (20 mins) room for as many hives as i want...

after re hiving a swarm a week ago the remaining bees in the original hive had several q cells, all sealed ones were removed and 1 unsealed one left. today there were several more. i have now removed all but 2 sealed ones, one of which looks quite ripe, is this ok or should i leave them with...

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A few weeks ago i had 1 colony now i have 3! After doing an AS with a horsley board on the 27th, with number 1 colony, they decided to swarm the day after (Thanks girls :toetap05:) however i managed to retrieve the swarm from a nice neighbour and they have been re hived today.:hurray:, there are...

I had inspected this colony last Friday and noticed a few play cups, some with eggs in them, i removed these at the time of inspection. Thought today i had better check again and found a few play cups with larvae and jelly and 2 sealed Q cells (which were removed), didn't see HM (not seen her...