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  1. M

    First Winter Questions!!

    There ain't no bees who are going to draw out wax in Aug/Sept. I would overwinter with two deeps making sure the top box was mostly full of foodstores, so that might just mean rotating the two boxes you have at some point. And take out any queen excluder.
  2. M

    Meet the ukippers

    The BBC has no credibility as a broadcaster of truth in the UK. It's output is essentially Marxist. A bit like the state broadcaster in the your old DDR.
  3. M

    Swallows.

    Aren't swallows such happy little birds? These people do swallow/swift/other nest boxes: http://www.schwegler-natur.de/index.php?lang=en
  4. M

    crystallisation issues

    Internet tells me there are lots of boilers available. Presumably these all have hidden heating elements and are of a similar design to the Lidl one.
  5. M

    crystallisation issues

    So what's a jam maker? Do these heat on water? Are they safe to melt wax without chance of combustion? Don't you get heat spots if heating honey? Do they convert lead into gold as well? Thanks.
  6. M

    Ways of avoiding OSR contaimination--without moving the bees

    Agreed. One persons view of arable country will, I guess, differ from another's. There are big arable farms in my district, and while late sources include white clover, HB, lime and bramble, summer honey crops haven't been particularly good.
  7. M

    Home made mating Nucs

    The fastest route to new colonies is to create queenless nucs and to introduce mated queens as soon as they are available. The delay in waiting for queens to mate can hold back a colony considerably. Encouraging a diminutive colony to expand can be a laborious process, but you might like it if...
  8. M

    Ways of avoiding OSR contaimination--without moving the bees

    In arable/OSR districts there typically aren't any summer flows to speak of. You planning on getting a honey crop from wheat?
  9. M

    Worrying

    Metal thieves can show interest in beehive roofs, sometimes realising they are not worth nicking after inspecting them. Or a kid interfered with your hive and ran off in a panic.
  10. M

    Brother Adams

    Beekeeping at Buckfast is the general one; the other two are more concerned with bee breeding/queen rearing. And still very relevant today.
  11. M

    !!!Stick Your Entrance Blocks in Newbies!!!

    And note that a colony being overrun by wasps (not the odd one coming and going) may mean that there is something terminally wrong with it anyway, like queenlessness or drone laying queen.
  12. M

    Minty

    It's been a bit of a lime year ... warm and humid in most parts.
  13. M

    !!!Stick Your Entrance Blocks in Newbies!!!

    Better to prevent a wasp problem from starting in the first place than to try and sort one out. ... take your bits of wax and blobs of honey home. ... don't drip honey about. ... don't unnecessarily manipulate. ... don't put wasp traps out to attract wasps from far and wide that otherwise...
  14. M

    Bulk wholesale prices

    ... and an already paid off mortgage. ... and a retirement pension from some former well-paid position of employment.
  15. M

    Getting new frames drawn in super

    It generally takes a flow for bees to draw super frames. That means a lot of Himalayan balsam or a lot of heather. And I mean ... a lot.
  16. M

    Beekeeping books

    Are Northern Bee Books still going? Depends what you are into. Queen rearing/making increase or woodwork/DIY or general beekeeping, etc. The fera Managing Varroa handbook is worth reading. Available to download in PDF, I think.
  17. M

    Disappointing July flow

    What are you expecting? It's August. Stick your hives on some heather if you want anything now.
  18. M

    Pricing wax

    Isn't baking your honey cakes exciting enough?
  19. M

    when will A hived swarm start laying

    If the swarm came with a mtaed queen, ie. a prime swarm, you can get eggs very quickly, like in a day or so. You can presume that after 17 days you have a second swarm, and it can take up to a month before you get eggs.
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    Vanessa

    If the little tan things are alive and crawling over the body of the bee they are most likely a type of mite. Mother Nature can be a little 'unpleasant' at times. I can't really think of anything you could do.
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