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I was lucky enough to attend a talk by Prof Tom Seeley earlier in the week giving a few highlights from his new book to be published in April. This wasn't recorded to avoid content being released before the book. I thought the presentation was very interesting and accessible, and I will be...

BFP have 12.5 kg fondant for 15.95 each, down from 23, with delivery free over 150 pounds Delivered in 24hr, with boxes I received having a 'best before' date of 10/24, if anyone is worried about this ;)

19-30 in The One Show - 30/10/2023 In my defense, I was told about the article. I do not watch the One Show. Honest :LOL:

I cant remember seeing so much ivy flowering so early. I did a round of quick inspections at the weekend and found some of the larger hives have taken so much ivy nectar and pollen in that there is no room for the queen to lay. Very few of my hives have been fed more than a few liters of syrup...

So, received an email offer from British Gas to fix tariff for duel fuel until end of September 2023. very scaremongering language IMO. And the offer? 203% more per annum than current standard variable rate Think I will pass on that and just police the thermostat and light switches more...

A friend has purchased some woodland in an adjacent county and as he wanted to keep some bees, signed up for a taster day and then joined his local BKA. During a recent inspection at the teaching apiary, he was told that they were going to cull a queen and replace her because she was 'too...

I have up to now used either a solar Melter or more frequently a steamer and brood box set up to render down old wax for exchange, whilst at the same time cleaning old up frames . Neither have any insulation, are not tightly sealed and work fine. I now have a stainless steel container to steam...

For anyone not aware, Thornes have an on-line sale on until Tuesday, and Maisemores have an on-line sale next weekend

in a recent thread on Honey price, one member mentioned a recent webinar on the global honey supply chain, by LGC. This is now available below for anyone interested...

Rather than hijack another thread, I thought I would raise the question on requirements for BFA membership here. Potential member has been told to re apply when he has >60 production colonies. So allowing for nuc production and queen rearing this probably pushes total hive numbers to somewhere...

Received this in an email from Northern Bee Books. Roger has always advocated his own way of keeping and has been somewhat dismissive of others who did not follow his ways in the past (from personal experience some years ago). With this new publication, I'm hope he is genuinely trying to...

First full inspection (on March 16th) of a swarm from August last year showed loads of bees, pollen, nector, capped brood, with some grubs and three eggs! No Queen (i checked twice), but two capped Queen cells, and three open Queen cells. The Bees were on 14 x 12 frames, approx 4 frames of...