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Looking for a simple mead recipe please

Hi Mark, I have two horizontal hives, one Top Bar Hive and the other a Long Hive, I would recommend a book written by Phil Chandler, Managing the Topbar Hive, it's one of the balanced beekeeping books by him. And also Balanced beekeeping.

been out to check the hives due to strong wind and also check the fondant and all seem fine. I've got some on top of a very exposed hill, well these wont blow over as i've strapped them together and put a great big block of concrete on top, not pretty but it'll stop em going anywhere!

Hi All, who's cheapest for 14x12 foundation ?

Where's cheapest for hex 12onz jars this year?

There in three section carrier's, a super full of them with fresh foundation but after a fortnight hardly any bees have gone into them never mind draw the comb out!

My thoughts are that the queen wouldn't want to lay in the sections anyway, and it would get the bees up into it to draw out the foundations sections. When you do Heather honey you don't put the qx in. The brood box is 14x12 so like a brood and a half!

Can I leave out qx when using sections?

q cell I would have said, take out q cell and frame its on and make up a 2/3 frame nuc as back up ! seemed logical to me. Dave

No need to pick on Donald !

another project I was looking for another project, a man always needs a project, especially when he's in the dog house and needs to escape to the workshop !!!!!

Vaping Glad youve said that about vaping as I was thinking of doing it that way but wasnt sure it would work, all my hives are on Jenk's under entrances

I saw a sign outside a church saying " Find God in here, TXT while driving to find him quicker" !!!!!!!!!!!

Well here in my part of Cheshire theres little coming in at the moment and they seem to be using all I give them, so its back to Aldi again. Dave W

There doesn't seem to be much here in Cheshire for the bees at the mo, I looked in mine today and some are well short of stores. Maybe some ivy later looks like back to Aldi for more sugar ! and looks like winter preparations with MAQS strips all round any time now . Dave

Heres a daft question, if I want to turn some excess fondant from last year into sugar syrup at 2-1 ,any idea of weight of fondant to water at 625ml per kilo (of sugar) or should I do it at say 550 ml water and see what happens?. What can possibly go wrong ! Dave

Hi All, Well ive just had a delivery which included MAQS to make it just over £100. and it was delivered free ????????? Who knows!

Hi All, :facts: Well after looking at various sellers of jars there all much of a muchness really some are a little dearer but not a great amount in it. The lowest was £29.82 inc lids but then a glass delivery charge of £8.32 , I was thinking of four boxes to make it worth it but that doesn't...

Hi All, Whats the best price around for 12oz hex jars with lids ? so far the lowest I'm quoted is 84 jars for £29.82 . Dave

Yes it is one of those, £41 smackers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!