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Hi I have been offered first chance of buying 30 hives plus supers off a retiring beekeeper . His bees are of well known good genetics .. now the boxes roofs ect are all different ages some 20 year old some 4 years old .. His combs are in good condition .. Now my dilemma is what kind of money...

I have had some members of association enquiring how much i would charge for extracting supers What would be a fair price per super to charge?

I haven't seen this before anyone have this

I use national size supers This year the ten frame supers all weighed in between 28 and 32 pounds. I have never had supers fill a bucket each I think I'll be converting most my supers to ten frame castelations now

Looking to buy new beekeeping suit Im stuck between senitil pro 2 or swienty breeze . Anyone who has these could you let me know if there sting proof .. My aus armor one was great but is needing replacement. The briars tear them too easily

What you reckon Very dark and heavy honey Id love to be able to identify some honey i do harvest

The farmers seem to have gone mad planting osr this year its everywhere ill be moving a couple of apiaries.. What do use do with your osr honey ? The irish are not too keen on soft set . I must have around 500 pounds of it sitting in buckets . Do any of you mix it in with runny honey at 5 to 1...

I know Thornes sale is on at the moment. When is maisimore winter sales are they having one

Is it possible to use a apimelter for separation of heather honey and wax Or would it just spoil the honey

Are the hand heather loosener worth getting will I be able to save my comb using one , could someone explain the process please. I really hate crushing my good comb

Have hives on a field of beans farmer told me he needs to spray for aphids hes using aphox , should I block them in and for how long

This year iv tried double brood on some colonies 1 colony in particular has 19 frames of brood what do you guys that run double brood do in this situation demaree 1 of the boxes and give back another under qx ,or steal out some brood, currently has 3 supers on will need more

Has anyone tried these , would like to get some feedback off anyone who has purchased thanks VC-Z-51-230 Wax melter and extractor 51 cm, electrically heated, with lockable lid and with bearing

Does abelo have winter sales I want to get some poly hives to try out

I have been asked by a seller of honey would I be interested in selling all my honey in bulk , As I am very busy in work I would prefer to off load my honey in one go as it would cut out the hassle of jarring and dropping off to people and shops ect , He asked me to come back to him with a...

I'm checking out abelo sublimox vaporiser and 12v vaporiser. I here good things on the sublimox but you need a generator for out apiarys, while I imagine the 12v vaporiser might be a bit easier with a battery.. Any feedback from you guys who have purchased appreciated

Has anyone bought any equipment from this company in Germany Bienen-Voigt & Warnholz . How the hell do you pay for orders with them ??

How long does invert sugar stay good for ? Was thinking on getting an Ibc tank with another beek

I'm looking at abelo equipment at the moment thinking on the 20 frame radial premium line is there much of a different towards the standard? The meliflow looks like a nice bit of kit Any other uses with it apart from straingin the uncapped wax ... Can you load it up with wax to melt down ?

I bought some foundation from Poland just a sample amount .The man who I bought it from makes all his own foundation I just had to tell him what size to cut it .. It works out 45% cheaper. The one thing I don't like about it is the colour it looks like a very light brown Here is a pic , what's...