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Got this idea in Romania recently - fantasticly refreshing on warm summer days: Per person: 1 Tablespoon of honey Juice of half a lemon Mix together, add a few ice cubes, top up with soda water.

Hi all I have a drone laying queen so my thinking is to squash her and unite the decent population of bees with a nearby colony. I consulted de Bruyn's book and in the uniting part he states uniting can be used to sort out laying workers but not DLQs. He doesn't say why, nor does he suggest a...

Had a quick peep into my hives on Saturday to assess store levels. A nuc I promoted a month or so back is doing well I think, bees over 8 frames. I put a big kingspan dummy board in place of a couple of frames that I didn't think they'd be able to draw out when I last inspected them a couple...

Hello I split one of my hives about 6 weeks ago and made a nuc. Queen emerged, mated and started laying quickly, all good. They're in a Paynes poly nuc, 6 frames, integral feeder at the side. The nuc is really quite busy, I had a quick peep in last night and it's bursting with bees. The...

I'm interested to hear views on this. It is mentioned briefly in Clive de Bruyn's book but otherwise most references seem to focus on syrup (1:1 and 2:1), fondant and candy. He mentions that sometimes the bees don't recognise that it is sugar and throw it out of the hive, but that seems to be...

Folks Your thoughts please. I'm new and I'm posting this in the nitwit section so be gentle and constructive please. In my area, there seems to be a flow on NOW - RBWH is coming into full bloom and the brambles are still going too. I guess in a couple of weeks it'll all be over, and this is...

Hello I have two identical National hives from Thorne with mesh floors. Strong colonies in both, both started from nucs late April, one slightly ahead of the other but not much in it - both have all 9-10 frames packed with brood currently. One hive consistently has a lot of pollen underneath...