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Anyone used Ambrosia instead of 1:1 sugar syrup ? when making up O.A for Varroa treatment.?.

HURRAH !!! JUST GOT A DELIVERY OF A PALLET LOAD OF WILLIAMS NEUC BOXES. William has come good at last and I have just had 12 EXCELLENT neuc boxes dropped at my door.They are the ones supplied to him by PAYNES ( take note OLIVER 90 OWNER ) very dense foam and of excellent quality.He very kindly...

I'm thinking of buying a BEEHAUS just to do something different for a change.Will I regret it? I'm used to Nationals,16 x 10's and am just going to plunge into Rooftops poly nats.;)

Bees flying strongly today - stacks of pollen coming in -from the whins I think ( gorse).All colonies seem to have made it so far. :party:

Had a bit of a shock yesterday,asked for a quote for some thro and thro cedar boards to be told that the price had risen by nearly 25% since July.Despite the financial downturn I don't see how such a price increase can be justified.Almost makes Thormes prices seem reasonable. :mad::mad::mad:

Who's going to the honey show?.I'm travelling down from Scotland this year as I have to see a man about some hives and also have a sister in law almost next door so free accomodation plus the wife gets to see her sister.:auto:bee-smillie

:banghead: How do we stop persistant robbers.I've shut up the entrances to about 1/2 inch sprayed the little blighters with water and still they persist. The bees are coming from a let-alone neibours bees about 3/4 mile away.Other than setting fire to his hives I'm looking for some suggestions.I...

I have just received my latest consignment of cedar planking (6in x 1in and 6 in x 2in) from Timbmet in Glasgow.The 6x1 is £ 1195.00 per cu meter plus vat and the 6x2 is £1152.00 per cu meter plus vat.This works out at just under £2.00 per ft run for 6x1 and just under £4.00 per ft run for 6x2...

Who uses benzaldehyde to clear bees ,does it do any harm ?

I am currently using standard nationals together with 16x10's . I'm tempted to change from the commercials to the deep nationals for the more prolific queens.Any thoughts - are the frames easier to handle ? etc.etc.

I suspect I saw quite a lot of Acarine around other apiaries in 2009

Looking for neucs in S.W Scotland - mostly for our beginners - will travel to collect.

Where do members consider the best locations are for apiaries and hives.