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Some articles worth reading this month Pages 118-122 for starters -welcome content from Mr Shaw and that bloke from Somerset..

In new to this but does self fertile fruit stock have an impact on honey yield?

Recent sad news of both Terry Hall and Christine McVie

Tilt shift filter on a photo from yesterday Where is this? More puzzling ,where are Welsh beekeepers missing a trick? Harlech The inescapable tour of the tat bazaars revealed enough hex jars of chutney and jam to build a full size replica of the rock pile but there was only half a dozen...

Postal workers this morning outside the sorting office-couldnt get our parcel that was "missed" (yeah right) Aww,so you're feeling a pinch? Most of us are but we just get on with it without the hissy fits. The flip side is there probably is money that could be found in a big organisation that...

I'm thinking it's pretty much futile but what can you do regarding hive thefts? A secluded site helps but at some point someone will see the hives and innocently mention it to someone else,and so on ,and so on until it will be heard by the wrong person. That person could be someone who knows...

Need a size ten Apparently must be sub £100 and most definitely not a girly colour. Detachable veil is an essential. Any ideas?

Have we any textile experts/aged hippies /off-grid pioneers among us who can advise on a mordant to fix soda/propolis solution? All I know on the subject is different dyes need different fixes so salt,being the layman's answer,may not be the right choice.

I have one hive with Nosema. Obviously Every precaution taken with reference to the other hives ,what can I humanely finish them off with? Petrol is not an option. I have access to 99% acetic acid -is this ok in a paper pad with an eke under the brood box? The combs and frames will be written off.

Ciara has gifted me a 50 ft length of upto 16" diameter leylandi I know the cedar predudice but has anyone actually used leylandi for bee boxes?

I have a good mix of professionally made and not so professionally made timber supers and broodboxes. https://www.bees-online.co.uk/instruction-downloads/Nat_Super.pdf Referring to the diagram,and specifically the balloon with the arrow indicating "Flush". Many of my boxes have the inner end...

Perhaps a little early but I'd like to check if the cluster has isolated itself from the stores sooner rather than later. What's the lowest temp you would do a job like this? I haven't seen double numbers on the thermometer since mid November They stopped their early afternoon orientations...

How long ,in real life,could a queen on a brood break go without jeopardising the colony?

Anyone engaging in this documented non-activity?

As I am currently sans apis,I'm doing an inventory and repair regime of all the unused kit I have acquired. There is a super with a full rack of otherwise nicely drawn honeycomb but the tips of the cells are tinged with propolis. Will they use it again and clean it off or is the wax for...

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My colony has died since Wednesday. They were doing fine as far as I could tell, munching dulcofact and foraging pollen since the beginning of February.There is a thick slab of close fitting insulation in the unused super and therefore excessive ventilation isn't an issue They didn't go into...

Ive got a long term project renovating an ancient WBC It would be ten times easier and cheaper to just buy a new one but this has been in the family for decades,so its a sentimental thing. The manufacturers plate is still present -Does anyone know anyhing about them? closest exxon mobil station...

Apparently based on hospital product The blurb says it's safe and you can use it on any production area of the hive. So could you spray old comb or foundation? I contacted Eversafe today and got a "don't know" Any experience of this?

I have to make up a stand for a national. Any specific tips for design and height?