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So yesterday I fired up the smoker for the first time in a long time to take a peak at a few colonies to assess the value of an oxalic vape at this stage in the game. I was delighted to see all the colonies I looked at seemed in fine condition, good numbers and weight, all but one of them that I...

I found this fascinating. (All taken from an anthropologist's twitter feed) Government departments frequently publish dietary guidelines. But many hunter-gatherers & forager-farmer diets violate Western guidelines yet they have healthier hearts & much less chronic illness. Here are 3...

A swarm from a few weeks ago rescued from an open nest built in the tree, probably about 9 or 10 pounds of honey in the comb they built on flimsy branches that sprung up when I secateured the nest into a box. A

I just arrived at an apiary and as soon as I got out of the van to open the gate I knew the bees were busy processing hawthorn honey by the heady scent of hawthorn in the air - love it!

This cell finisher has done a good job, one of three frames of cells started in a Queenless cell starter then moved to finishers, well two of them, one left in the starter to finish.

Penblwydd hapus Mr Brynmair🍻🎈

The last thread on the subject was closed before I managed to post so I thought I'd add something I found interesting. One of the most earthy bee observers I've ever had the pleasure of chatting to, Willie Robson of chainbridge honey farm, had a very interesting theory on unsuited bees throwing...

About this item for maqs on their website: " Oops, looks like we have lost another supplier. As any regular customer of ours will know we try to be reasonable and responsible with our pricing. We believe in making a fair profit and trying our best to supply our valued customers with...

Someone posted about a firm who'd deliver large quantities of sugar at a reasonable price and my search foo has failed to find it, help(or alternative suggestions) appreciated.

As per title, June gap has started with a bang in the teifi valley, hawthorn has gone over and robbing pressure is intense. Earliest I've recorded it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/16/creating-a-buzz-turkish-beekeepers-risk-life-and-limb-to-make-mad-honey

As the title really, just got back from bringing the first trailer load back from the Brecon beacons and the crop will barely cover diesel and the hired help I had getting them up there, very disappointing! I think I may pilfer a few brood frames of honey as a lot of colonies had totally emptied...

For getting stiff honey or cappings out of a bucket get yourselves a stainless steel bucket trowel, dead handy, wish I'd got one years ago!

Anybody tried the ventilated suits sold by old castle farm bees? I fancy trying one of their jackets to see if it helps in the hot sun but I don't want to splash out on one if it doesn't (a) work well and (b) last

A note went in my diary today to the effect that the spring flow is over and we're into the june gap here, its been an abundant spring flow, lets hope summer provides a bit of honey too.

Checked my first graft yesterday, five days after grafting and the day I recombine the queenless cell starting element of a double brood hive with the queenright bit(after five days the cells are sealed). What surprised me was a number of wild cells started on the brood in the queenless box...

Who cares? The best samples of German amc have amm in their DNA make up, so what, it doesn't make them a lesser bee.