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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Time is up for the boys in this hive
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    Queen emerging how long should I leave before inspecting

    Agree - very sensible advice - in most instances I find eggs and a newly laying queen about 4 days after adding a test frame at 4 weeks - be patient although the temptation to peek becomes progressively more irresistible!
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    What's flowering as forage in your area

    Grazing I assume as this am there is a flock of sheep munching their through it!
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    What's flowering as forage in your area

    Field of white mustard in flower across the road - girls going crazy and mid-November!
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    Honey label petition

    Be careful what you wish for - sometimes best to let sleeping dogs lie Never underestimate the ability of government to generate ever more restrictions Remember : “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help” In no way will altering...
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    Ragwort

    Cinnabar moth larvae making short work of ragwort in back field
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    Looking to purchase bees in the greater Manchester area for this spring

    Same here - let the field grow and ended up with masses of suffocating perennial grasses, giant hogweed, thistles and ragwort Topped it in the Autumn and have sown yellow rattle - let’s see what happens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinanthus_minor “Yellow rattle is used to create or restore...
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    What's flowering as forage in your area

    planted a load of buckwheat near the hives - covered in bumble bees, hover flies and every other flying insect except honey bees!
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Brood pattern - nice; temperament - appalling
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    Fondant sources

    Used this company last year - quick delivery also do soft fondant https://www.chocolatefalls.co.uk/ingredients/sugars/12.5kg-hard-white-fondant?cPath=5773&
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    No; not blackthorn - blackthorn out in profusion now; cherry plum was out about a fortnight before https://www.treeguideuk.co.uk/blackthorn-flowers/
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Girls going bonkers - whole row of cherry plum to go at
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Apiguard 3rd week of 4; foraging like mad - loads of ivy outside apiary: and beyond that a field of this: A field of scarlet and Alsike (Swedish) clover
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    When do you nadir your hives?

    I think you may have missed the heavy dose of irony in my reply!
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    When do you nadir your hives?

    the bees spend all spring and summer collecting and processing nectar to build up stores for the winter only to have most or all of it stolen and eaten/flogged off by humans; in return they have to start all over again or get given some cheap stuff shipped over from god knows where or dug up...
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    Bakers’ fondant

    https://www.chocolatefalls.co.uk/ingredients/sugars/12.5kg-soft-white-bakers-fondant?cPath=5773& Ordered 37.5Kg last Friday came Monday delivery £6
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    MAQS

    Acetic acid can be used to fumigate empty comb/boxes for wax moths
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    Ivy honey

    Fascinating; there is an article in Beecraft 09/20 about ivy honey that says the complete opposite “if there isn’t much nectar available after the main harvest feed your colonies on heavy sugar syrup so that by the time the ivy flowers the bees will already have sufficient stores for...
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