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  1. gandalfwhitewizard

    Recent diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease

    Hi to all who know/meet Widders and myself, I haven't been on the forum for quite a while and not been that well particularly the latter end of 2011. The result was a visit to my local hospital in Canterbury and 5 days of extensive tests. The diagnosis was Motor Neurone Disease although I am...
  2. gandalfwhitewizard

    Queen rearing started in the Beehaus today

    We went to help out at the Kent County Show on the Omlet stand and came away with an idea how to adapt the divider board for Queen rearing. I have now inserted a small amount of Q/X into the top of the divider board so that nursebees can get to the correct side of the hive. It took me less than...
  3. gandalfwhitewizard

    New Mk2 Beehaus on the way..

    Sadly we had quite a big fire on Sunday in the home apiary..long story but essentially the fence caught alight and without our knowledge burnt 25' of panels. Amongst the damage our Beehaus suffered damage from the extreme heat as did my forearm trying to put out the fire! None the less the...
  4. gandalfwhitewizard

    Queen rearing day - 27th June - Donations to Help for Heroes

    Apologies for the short notice but the weather plays an important part...finally SUN!!! We are running a queen rearing day this Sunday the 27th June 10 at 9 am prompt! Our home/out apiaries nr., Sittingbourne, Kent Donations accepted to the Help for Heroes collection tin. Again sadly another...
  5. gandalfwhitewizard

    Compost bin colony..

    Got a call this week to deal with two Bumble bee nests. One belonged to a neighbour in his compost bin the other in a blue tit box. So, having confirmed the check list questions similar to pre-flight checks and established it bumble bees i arranged time/day and fees. When i arrived at the first...
  6. gandalfwhitewizard

    Queen raising in Kent 22nd May 2010 - In aid of Help for Heroes

    Due to the popular demand of our Queen raising days last year we are planning to run another on Saturday 22nd May, however, we would like all proceeds to donate to Help for Heroes via us (reciepts given). If you are interested in coming along spaces will be limited to maximum of 6 and...
  7. gandalfwhitewizard

    Queen raising day in Kent - Sunday 27th September

    Due to the interest on the forum Widdershins and I are going to run another Queen raising day on Sunday 27th September at our home apiary nr to Sittinbourne, Kent. We have discussed that there is obviously a keen interest in the subject and would like to offer those who maybe missed out on the...
  8. gandalfwhitewizard

    Queen raising day in Kent

    Admin, As promised the photos of todays Grafting day with a few fellow beeks from the forum. A really enjoyable day and something I and Widdershins will repeat for next year for anyone interested. Gandalf and Widdershins.
  9. gandalfwhitewizard

    Free bees! Bag yourself a colony...

    I have been out today and removed a colony from an old timber clad building. While I was there the manager told me that pest control company who had been earlier in the day to poison the wasp nest in the opposite timber shed had noticed another colony near the top of the same building...bargain...
  10. gandalfwhitewizard

    Mated Queens for sale - Kent

    5 Mated Queens, £25 each. Having completed a recent Queen raising course I have raised 5 queens from a prolific queen, with good temperament, quite on the comb. All queens are currently laying in Apideas and can either be collected from Faversham, Kent or posted (UK only) in Butler cages. PM...
  11. gandalfwhitewizard

    Smartwater as possible solution?

    I am sorry to read all the losses that people have suffered but with my 'police' head on I have contacted the company "Smartwater" asking if there is a possible solution to using the product to mark the hive. This product is a 100% way of identyfing a hive, although you cannot mark the bees of...
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