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  1. MuswellMetro

    No brood

    why inspect at this time of year, all I do is heft (or weigh) to see if they are heavy enough to get through winter, I haven't opened my hives since August BH when I took off the Formic Pro. I know most of my hives are broodless how do I know is because I put the varroa boards in for a few days...
  2. MuswellMetro

    Asian Hornet Felixstowe

    Does anyone have more infomation on the felixstowe Hornet Asian hornet sightings from 2016 to 2022
  3. MuswellMetro

    Beekeeping collections.

    So how many would you need if you recived the thirteen notifications for EFB and two for AFBcthat i've had on two sites?
  4. MuswellMetro

    Illegal vaping and new laws

    i see the winter cabin fever has started earlier this year than the last five years i have been on here, suppose it is Covid19
  5. MuswellMetro

    Maisemore poly nuc winter question

    i use a 50mm slab of insulation over the roof/feeder, i also use fondant rather than liquied in the feeders in winter with one of the dividers removed
  6. MuswellMetro

    Nationwide abandoned hives.

    some countries require both registration of hives and your registration number on Hive and Jar of honey
  7. MuswellMetro

    A project for those dark winter days?

    the tunnels are more likely to be used if 6" deep and a mix of smaller diameter holes that you see being sold retail
  8. MuswellMetro

    Slightly brown foundation

    A local beekepers pools our wax and gets KBS to roll it into foundation we can buy from him, it smells wonderful
  9. MuswellMetro

    Camouflage roofs

    Bing ariel is later 2018 most areas as they have a photo on my car and trailer tent on a campsite in june 2018
  10. MuswellMetro

    Card readers

    i use izettle for door sales , paypal family and friends for pre-orders and bank transfer for bulk to shops if a punter pays via normal paypal the deduction is quite high, i am going to have a lot of honey unsold this year as all my fete, school fairs, & christmas markets have been cancelled
  11. MuswellMetro

    AFB

    In some countries who have compulsory registration, your registration number has to be on your honey label or you cannot sell it
  12. MuswellMetro

    Winter dehydration in insulated hives

    In 1968 i had a holiday job at rothamsted driving the tractor for variuos departments including the Bee department, the predicessor of the NBU L Bailey had expiremented in the 1940's with methods of venting hives in winter by cracking the crown board rim once the bees were in cluster as a...
  13. MuswellMetro

    Winter dehydration in insulated hives

    Derick, you your answer is similar to what i was about to write, The trouble with a lot of american work is that often they have hives vented by a top entrance and you never know until you read the full document
  14. MuswellMetro

    What would you do, 3 Q- colonies

    75% of hives inspected over the weekend only had only eggs 20% broodless and 5% (the smallest colonies) had capped brood...its a funny year, nectar flow stop early and so did the queens, we are now seeing queens come back into lay now we have ivy flowering here and ivy pollen is coming in by the...
  15. MuswellMetro

    My wifes listing keeps geting removed from facebook market...

    The EU which I know we are no longer part but our laws still follow define Honey as a product of an animal and therefore subject to same legislation as Milk, Eggs and Crab Meat i suspect FB have used the same definition
  16. MuswellMetro

    Uncapping frames

    i have Donegol bees uncapping tray about £50, it is fine for me as i prefer an uncapping fork not an uncapping knife Uncapping Tray with Sieve (depth 100mm) - Donegal Bees
  17. MuswellMetro

    Winter dehydration in insulated hives

    My originally beekeeping experiance was at a village school in 1958 at ten years old, and the hives were WBCs, They had thick 6" quilt of army blankets and carpet above a solid crown board, in autum the WBC lifts were stuffed with straw and to feed syrup a metal 3pint feeder was place direct on...
  18. MuswellMetro

    Oxalic acid sublimation

    varrox and also a cheap chinese sublimator of ebay
  19. MuswellMetro

    Let the bees tell you

    Reading the loses every spring on the BBKA forum i think BBKA must be British Bee Killing Association
  20. MuswellMetro

    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    made twelve 3rd grade super out of fifrteen bought from thorns sale and tthrough the rest away, works out at £6 per super
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