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Mirabel, Blackthorn, Goat Willow, Grey Willow, Red dead nettle, dandelion

Forget wasp traps. IMO they just attract wasps. As do falling apples or fruit. I make an robbing screen which doubles up to prevent robbing bees and wasps. Just a wooden frame (about 5" high width of hive x 1-1.5 " deep) with small gauge wire mesh screen on the front but an entrance for the bees...

Fed mine using the juice from rendering beeswax.... I'd originally harvested some frames that I was unable to put through an extractor. The brown mush that was left after squeezing the comb through a sieve was first fed back to them in their plastic feeders. After they'd eaten most of the honey...