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£3 upwards and you get to enjoy the ambience of Conwy free of charge. You can spend all day wandering around the World Heritage Site.

Reply from Customer Service Lidl GB. "Oh dear! So sorry about that, Peter. Please provide us with your email address, barcode number, expiry date, lot/batch number, store purchased from and your receipt so we can get this looked into".

Honey on sale at Lidl, 75p for a 340g jar. Labelled Produced in UK, produce of China. How does that work?

Buy a cheap blow torch for lighting the smoker. Saves loads of time. https://tinyurl.com/2aw3yc7b

I use a Thorne's Easy steamer for steaming wax out of brood frames; and a Thorne's stainless steel Bain Marie for melting wax prior to moulding the blocks.

Here's my list of Uses for small blocks of Beeswax. Feel free to suggest others! https://www.conwybeekeepers.org.uk/new-beekeepers/what-do-you-use-beeswax-for/

Here are my notes on Preparing beeswax for Sale. Steaming old brood combs is more effective than trying to melt out the wax, in my experience. https://www.conwybeekeepers.org.uk/new-beekeepers/preparing-beeswax-for-sale/

https://www.cwynnejones.com/143-hexagonal-jars Well recommended.

Nice picture. The "putlog holes" in Conwy Town Walls are a favourite nesting place for swarms of bees, just the right size.

The 2024 Conwy Honey Fair was a great success. We had abut 20 honey sellers and 50 other stalls. Stall space is free of charge, as part of the ancient Royal Charter. We invite stallholders to make a donation towards Bees for Development. We raised over £I500, a record amount.

How much is sugar in Bookers please?

Can anyone recommend a supplier of reasonably-priced 800mm squares of linen scrim 500 micron, hemmed all round, for pressing heather honey please? Many thanks.

Friday 13th September Conwy Honey Fair. It's great for a day out, or a weekend break. See visitor information https://tinyurl.com/2zxrfmru Pic taken at the Honey Fair in 1960.

My earlist ever ling heather honey, 1st August, Carneddau mountains, north Wales.

Gorse. We have a saying here "Gorse is in flower when kissing is in favour". All the time!

Bell heather showing well on Conwy Mountain, with Carneddau ponies. Thanks to Conwy Valley Ramblers for these pics, taken yesterday. Ling heather to follow!

Heavy combs of lime honey. This will sell well at the Conwy Honey Fair on Friday 13th September.

Thanks for the comments. We tried out an Apisol smokeless smoker at Conwy Beekeepers' Apiary Meeting on Sunday. Initial experience was favourable. The smoker subdued the bees OK; bystanders were not subjected to breathing in smoke. The appliance only produced "smoke" (actually a vapour) when...

Wild thyme and common rock rose on the Great Orme, Llandudno, north Wales yesterday. Plenty of bee activity.