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  1. Dodge

    Apiary vandalism / animal rights

    Having watched a video posted by a member where one of their sites appears to have been vandalised. I noticed a comment that had been left below the clip which was a subject i haver never thought about or heard of. Has anyone actually heard of animal rights activists targeting apiarys? I know...
  2. Dodge

    Feeding Ambrosia Syrup Jan / Feb

    Has any one experimented with feeding Ambrosia Syrup mid winter? These days with temperatures of 10c to 13c often experienced does this strategy work these days rather than fondant.
  3. Dodge

    Liquid vs Soft set pricing

    Got my first batch of soft set honey to sell. Does anyone charge a premium for soft set and by gow much? Current pricing is £8.99 1lb or £5.99 1/2 lb. Live in Solihull, South B'ham for reference.
  4. Dodge

    Mainly Hawthore but a limited OSR in spring crop.

    I will be extracting my spring harvest thus weekend, I believe in majority its Hawthorne but with 30% ish (guess) of OSR, any ideas what to expect from the honey. Will it set Rock-hard as I suspect it will it be more useful?
  5. Dodge

    Visit to Thornes at Rand yestersay

    Visited Thornes at their Rand production and shop yesterday. The group visit was arranged by my local BBKA Assoc. It's well worth a local associations arranging a visit, very interesting tour seeing all parts of their manufacturing process. Fascinating seeing the machinery and just how much is...
  6. Dodge

    Honeyshow anecdotes & tips n tricks for a talk rqrd.

    Hi all, happy new year. I have been tasked with talking about Honey Shows at my local BBKA Branch. I am looking for any funny anecdotes, tips n trips from shows you are willing to share with me please? It would be interesting to here if you don't like Honeyshows and why? Either reply here...
  7. Dodge

    Thoughts on Mead as a drink.

    Following on from the recently started "Making Mead as another hobby" thread I thought i would pose a question to our forum community. I have, for a few years, posed the below question to Mead class Exhibiters and Judges at Honey Shows. Q: If Mead was any good as a drink you would be able to...
  8. Dodge

    Cherry Laurel flow?

    The Cherry Laurel extra floral nectaries are now going great guns, my bees are all over it and you can see the nectar on the leaf producing points. With the amount of Laurel in urban areas does anyone know how much honey can be produced from this plant? Clearly this nectar has no pollen so the...
  9. Dodge

    Snelgrove help.

    I had posted this thread under DIY and don't know how to move it and it didn't seem visible. Made a snelgrove board. Installed in my hive now I have found that the mesh in the centre should be on both sides of the gap and not one. Q, is this a deal breaker and I need to go in and pin a mesh on...
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    How do you tell if the bees are returning heavy / flow on.

    I am interested to see how we each tell if a flow is on? My bees are urban so when the supers are filling they don't tend to all head off and come back in the same or a couple of directions; it's still pretty much all stations of the compass. I look for heavy landings where they smack down...
  11. Dodge

    Elelectric extractor question.

    Having worn out and also got fed up with hand cranking my budget plastic extractor I want to replace it with and electric model. Have 7 hives. Looking at Thornes they have: 1) Electric UniMel - Tangential 3 frame s/s extractor - Electric UniMel - Tangential 3 frame s/s extractor 2) Konigin 3...
  12. Dodge

    EFB, Lateral flow tests should be part of our inspection equipment.

    Hi all. Now that the nation appears to be clued up on what a lateral flow test is and how to use one should they become another tool to be used in our hive inspection kit. This is in addition to reporting EFB and AFB being immediately reported to the local Bee Inspector. Caveat, I am only...
  13. Dodge

    Accepting credit / debit card payments for Honey.

    Hi all, A lot of us sell our honey to friends and work colleagues. A lot of my work colleagues just don't carry cash any more and ask if I take card. I Sell a few hundred £'s worth of honey a year. Looking at say Sumup it's T&C's don't seem to mention that you require a business account etc to...
  14. Dodge

    Thornes Aluminium Honey creamer, legal?

    Hi all. Thornes are still selling an Aluminium Honey creamer. Is the use of Aluminium still allowed for tools used to process Honey for sale, I thought it wasn't so a little confused?
  15. Dodge

    Strange chewing gum like pollen in hind legs.

    Good evening. Our bees are returning late evening with stringy white / cream coloured pollen hanging down from their hind legs, looks like chewing gum. Any ideas as to what it may be? Sorry the attached picture is a little blurred.
  16. Dodge

    Uniting small colony new 2017 queen to large ish Q+ last year's queen.

    Hi, Had a marked queen arrive in my bait hive last year. Tried to swarm this year so did a basic artificial swarm. I.e. old queen with foundation and 2 frames of brood in new hive on original site next to old brood box with queen cell. The old queen colony may be trying to swarm again even...
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