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Mmm... maybe too risky for me, and I don't have a decent vice anyway. But if it works for you, great.

Thanks, that's interesting. I haven't seen any used ones.

OK I think that might rule out a hand driven centrifuge.

I have a high powered microscope and would like to use it to analyse the pollen in my honey. I need a centrifuge to extract the pollen. Any recommendations? What about a cheap hand-powered centrifuge like this one from RVFM...

I had two colonies on moors above Skipton from 8 August to 4 September. I could see on arrival on 8 August that flowering was well advanced, so it would have been good to have started earlier. I would have but the moor had been closed due to fire risk and it took a while for access to be...

I've just bought some fingerless cotton gloves from JustGloves website, to catch the sweat. being fingerless, they don't reduce the dexterity.

"all the anti-caking additives they put into icing sugar for a start" Fair point. My box of icing sugar is 97% sugar, 3% maize starch. When I google, I find Michael Bush explaining that bees can't digest the starch. I suppose this is why I see suggestions to grind down granulated sugar to use...

Rather than heat up a mixture to make a classic fondant, you could more simply mix icing sugar with just enough warmed honey to make a stiff paste. No cooking involved. Is there anything wrong with that?

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Report from Wharfedale Just to report that I took two hives to heather near Skipton. 7 August to 3 September. The flow was fairly steady throughout, with the majority in the first 10 days. We had some rain in late July, and good weather while the bees were there. 57lbs in the supers between...

It's been a good season in Yorkshire, with my hives filling a super in the first 10 days (7th to 18th August). I've read theories that a dry spring or lack of August sunshine can stop the flow. But I don't have enough experience yet to comment.

AndyTh Brilliant, and I like the use of an old freezer. I must get my act together and do something similar.

Andy Well I can confirm that you can liquify crystallised heather honey, as following ITLD's post, I've done so today, both this year's (semi crystrallised) and last year's (solid). However i did so in an oven at its lowest setting and the honey reached 57 degrees C, which I've been told is too...

downhill john I would remove the postcode from your details you never know who is watching. Beejoyful, thanks, good point

Thanks for the advice. I am encouraging members of my club to have a go at the heather as we have access to a good moor. But I need to build up my own knowledge too, as I want members to get a return for the effort. I thought that the honey from Harvey Nick's might be yours. I haven't bought a...

Johnny Thanks I used new jars and washed them first. I can't do much more. I didn't filter the honey greatly, just used a coarse mesh and fine mesh. So presumably there could be pollen and other bits in the honey. I was in Harvey Nicholls in Leeds on Friday and I noticed that the Scottish...

Thanks for the replies. It sounds like I need to learn how to stabilise honey and the garage wasn't a great place to store the honey, at a bit below room temperature

I'm puzzled as to why my heather honey is crystallising. ITLD explained in a post in September that pure ling heather honey is slow to crystallise. But mine is doing so now. I'm keeping it in jars in the unheated garage. I think that it is pure ling heather. It was collected in August from moors...

mbc, I'm impressed by the amount of your honey. I'm on my 2nd year on heather and as last year will have one super per hive. I'd like to increase this as more reward for the effort (and I would like to try sections too). I had an expert review my hives last week who said my bees were just not...

I'd be interested in buying two BS nucs. When would these be available? Thanks