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Evening all, I am putting together a PP presentation for a talk I will be giving to the local WI next month. I think I have most of what I need but wondered if anyone had done one of these before and whether they could forward me any material I might find useful. I am keeping things fairly...

I was looking for something else on Dave Cushman's site, and came across this: http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/swarmlures.html Swarm lure made from unwanted queens... This method came from Dee Lusby and was developed from an idea of Butler. Dee's method... Is to take unwanted queens, not...

Sorry if this is in the wrong part of the forum, but I wasn't sure where to post it: I am sure I saw a nicely laid out form a while back which you could just fill in which had all the info required when selling a nuc (names, addresses, origin, treatments prior to sale, etc). I have my own, but...

I have been thinking about building an observation hive for a couple of years, and by sheer coincidence am about to dismantle an old Mahogany wardrobe which is starting to fall apart. The mahogany itself is in lovely condition so I was thinking of recycling it into an OH. This would also give...

Evening all, I borrowed an incubator this spring & summer to raise some extra chickens, and was thinking of buying one over the winter to do the same next year and also use it for my Queen cells. Is there a favourite make/model people use? Thanks for any help.

Just got home to find an email from FERA in my inbox: Please be advised that today 24/08/2011, the following disease has been confirmed within 5KM of one or more of your apiaries: Disease Diagnosed: European Foulbrood (EFB) Your Apiaries At Risk: Home Anyone else in Dorset received the...

After going through my hives last week, I sat down with a cuppa to just watch, and whilst looking at the comings and goings of one hive, something I didn't immediately identify caught my eye flying out of the hive and off into the distance. As I checked my hives this morning, the same thing...

... would you mind letting me know what the wattage or rated Amps is please? No rush, just next time you dig it out. Many thanks.;)

Reading material online I came across a while back. One is a Texan, one is a Turk, each have their own bias and way of telling things, but despite being so far apart both geographically and culturally, both are united in their reverence for the honeybee...

I wonder if anyone can assist with the following - not a problem yet but don't want it to become one, and don't yet have a refractometer. If you extract honey which is uncapped and still very runny (ie undoubtedly with a high water content), how long do you need to keep an eye on it before...

I went to buy another 25kg bag of sugar today at Bookers: just over £20.00, ouch. I double checked prices elsewhere, all worked out about the same in terms of £/kg. Got home and checked my receipt from February's purchase of 25kg bags: £13.00 per bag, that's a 50% increase give or take. Time...

Hi all My first post, so hope it is in the right section! I bought a suit from Fragile Planet a couple of years ago, the all in one type. The first time I put it on, straight out of the bag, I got attacked and the suit was covered in stings in no time. "No problem" I thought, must need a...