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  1. bobba

    fungus that kills Varroa mites

    Hi everyone. I hope you all got lots of honey and had a good season. https://bigthink.com/life/fungus-varroa/ I only heard bout this recently, sorry if its old news and I am last to the party. My suspension is that it wont completely wipe out a population of mites on its own. But combined...
  2. bobba

    Old Bee keeping Video - Hands: Of Bees & Bee Skeps

    I dont think I have seen this video posted on the forum before. Its part of a series about old had crafts, its the only one about bee keeping, but some of the others are good too. Enjoy.
  3. bobba

    Honey Wanted Bucket of honey wanted - as close to Southampton as possible.

    We use honey at my work for feeding insect cultures. For years we have used ASDAs cheapest cr^p. But my work is having a crazy pro environment push, and are trying to cut back on waste and source more things locally. I have been asked to try source some local honey. A 10L bucket would be ideal...
  4. bobba

    Giving up bee keeping!

    I made a promises to the miss last summer that I would get the hives out of the garden before next season. I have been trying like crazy to find a place to keep them, but have exhausted just about every lead. There is one place I may be able to keep them but it has security concerns. It is...
  5. bobba

    Do bees realy gorge on honey when smoked?

    I have heard many times that bees think a fire is coming, so start stuffing themselves in case evacuation is necessary. But I dont think I have observed this behavior. Sometimes if a bit of brace comb breaks or I damage a frame and spill a little dash of honey, I see the bees attending to it...
  6. bobba

    New way to help honey bees to fight Varroa mites

    I thought this video was quite interesting even if the title was a bit click bait. More like a new way to help select for hygienic bees.
  7. bobba

    Can putting wet super on hives make bees bad tempered?

    I put wet supers on my hives that had been over wintered for the first tie this year. I have 4 hives in my garden, and bees are normally well tempered. I had taken a Friday off work and popped on supers. Then that weekend my bees were a bit nutty, one neighbor got stung when mowing her lawn...
  8. bobba

    Posting Cut Comb

    I had intended to make lots of chunk honey, but over did it a bit on Cut Comb production. So now I have excess cut comb to sell witch is not something I intended. I have had customers requesting whole frames of comb, but I need to post it to them. I have explained I am not sure how I will post...
  9. bobba

    Freezing cut comb and chunk honey.

    I know I should freeze cut comb to kill moth eggs/larvae, but how long for. I have been freezing for 12h, is that long enough? I have made some cut-comb with which I intend to make chunk honey. Some of my customers buy their years supply of honey in one go when I get my harvest. I worry if...
  10. bobba

    So what do you keep in your bee keeping tool box when you open hives?

    I normally just have 2 J tools, my smoker and a lighter. But have been recently inspired by another thread to try a scraper. I started with a traditional hive tool, then tried a J after seeing one in a video. I was an instant convert. I got a second J tool initially for lifting tricky frames...
  11. bobba

    prizing supers appart

    I started out with home made ply supers. But this year I have been running a mix of ply and ceder. My boxes are painted inside and out with polyester resin. The ply boxes weigh a ton, but are always very easy to pry apart. But I have found it far easier to damage the ceder ones, particularly...
  12. bobba

    Organic Honey

    https://rangeplus.com/products/rowse__clear_honey_-_organic_340g?variant=39454289461361&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=Bing%20Shopping&msclkid=0ee6d43903821d30ab6fb534b8e29126 I sure I had heard that we dont have any block of organically certified land in the UK big enough to keep...
  13. bobba

    Wooden Strips For Beekeeping Tools For Treating The Beeswax Larva-moth Killer?

    Does anyone use these, or know what ai they contain...
  14. bobba

    Any recommendations for a good be brush?

    The title says it all. Any recommendations for a good brush? Thanks as always.
  15. bobba

    Bees won’t vacate super - again....

    I am trying to clear a super, Hive has brood+1/2 Then 1 super below QE and 3 above QE. I am trying to remove 1 super, I put a clearer board on yesterday, went to take it off today and its still stuffed with bees! I had this problem last year and only solution was to put a new super below the...
  16. bobba

    Removing empty supers from hive!

    My bees are doing rubbish this year. :( It probably mostly because of the weather, its been c$£p compared to last year. I have not had the chance to inspect my bees for 2 weeks because of work/weather and other commitments. I had a good look at them all today. Hives 2,3 and 4 are doing OK...
  17. bobba

    When to put supers on?

    Last year my supers went on April-6. I had planned to pop them on last weekend, but looked at the weather and thought I would give it one more week. Its been a chilly week here, especially in the mornings, there have been a few frosty ones. So I think I made the right call. I am pretty much...
  18. bobba

    This years plan - and what to do with 9-frame supers I may not need.

    I have a bit of a strange plan regarding Super management this year. I run national, brood+1/2 (AKA The devils work). I know it has its draw backs, but so far has worked out alright for me. So I will roll with it again this year. Anyway, my plan: The 1st super I put on the hives will have no...
  19. bobba

    What should I do with my wax?

    Obviously, it can be sold as it is or can be processed into candles etc. I am aware some web sites do a wax exchange for foundation. In terms of financial return vs faff what do you lot feel is the best thing to do? thanks.
  20. bobba

    Camouflage roofs

    I was using google earth yesterday and spotted some bee hives. They are in nice little rows of 4 with shiny metal roofs. It got me thinking, I bet bee thieves use it to find hives and plan their crimes. If I was the owner of an out Apiary, I would camouflage the tops of my hives. Ps. I will...
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