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    hornet attacking bees

    yesterday pretty sure it is a european hornet but was definitely in front of hives trying to catch bees and saw it eating a wasp will try and upload video
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    day for solar wax melters?

    i dont have one but am sweltering
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    refractor problems

    every time i go back to it, it seems to be around 0.7% out! anyone experienced refractors not holding their setting etc? wonder if i need to replace
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    brewing

    a mate with a brewery wants to use some of my honey for a brew....again am i better giving him summer stuff that takes longer to set than spring which may set sooner as may have some OSR? i think the answer is yes but wondered....
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    should have let Root bat out on day 1

    that would have clinched it
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    mini breakfast jars

    has anyone been asked to supply these before? i get the benefit for a hotel to have single use, but feels like theyd be more trouble than benefit in terms of filling, labelling etc (though there is the Coleman's '...but by the mustard left on the plate' factor) any experience?
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    what ever happened to Finman?

    havent seen him for a while
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    injured grass snake - question for Dani....

    found a large grass snake trapped in a wire cloche yesterday..... not sure how long it had been trapped but necrosis visible at the pinch point and flies, ants etc around this point and it smelt of rotting flesh anyway, released the poor thing and cut away the wire (not a v nice job) i...
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    clearer boards in demaree

    how do people usually handle clearer boards in a demaree configuration? 2 mis supers need clearing as do a couple at the top
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    Colony for Sale colony in East Sussex

    i have a couple of strong single brood (11 frame) national colonies surplus to requirements in East Sussex for sale one is an overwintered marked queen and the other is a this year marked queen and both doing well. message me if interested
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    usual spring honey harvest challenge

    i get to this stage each year when there is a lot of OSR around and other nectar that 'sets' super frames capped and need to take off to spin before setting but desire to leave them on until back end of spring so they capture setting honey and it doesnt mix with summer i end up spinning...
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    funny old spring

    blackthorn finished some time ago....OSR came out a week or two ago and now, quite late for here, hawthorn is just coming out are others seeing the cool spring delay the spring flow in your areas?
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    fungicide on OSR

    is that a problem or not particularly.....
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    Sold 6 Frame Nucs (East Sussex)

    i have a couple of overwintered nucs for sale. They were going to the bee fair for auction but i now can't make the event! Overwintered, brood in all stages covering at least 4 frames and two frames of stores, locally raised queens which are marked, performing very well and treated for varroa...
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    marked my first 2023 queen

    ordinarily i only MQ when i know she is mated and laying however, today, doing a quick inspection in a new location, i found a large, unmarked queen in a strong colony and marked her weird as two weeks ago, the yellow marked q was in this colony as an over wintered nuc, last week she was also...
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    silvercrest jam maker

    packed up :( don't suppose Lidl will have them again until summer fruit ready for jam making unless anyone has seen them or knows of a similar size alternative?
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    best foundation offers atm

    thought i had enough brood foundation, turns out i dont on the hunt...best deals?
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    latish to inspect

    i reckon my first inspection (over the weekend) is a bit late again as the weather hasnt been great, you sort of think the bees build up will be slower too, but every time i think that, i get caught out most colonies yesterday had a lot of drone brood and indeed a good number of drones, one...
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    made some Tawny owl boxes recently

    and got one occupied at the weekend the video of it is an .avi format...not sure how to upload on here, but its a good shot
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    bees and sheep

    chatting to a local farmer about a new apiary site on his land and there is a good field which sometimes has sheep grazing...hes happy to electrify or stock fence around the hives i read a thread from 2011 on this forum whihc seems to say the above would be fine would people concur? my...
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