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  1. Black Mountain Honey

    First Queens Of The Season

    Glad they are doing well! Beautiful pic of that queen :)
  2. Black Mountain Honey

    First Queens Of The Season

    These ones are imported from Melita Bees in Malta 🇲🇹 We have our first UK mated queens available around the first week of June
  3. Black Mountain Honey

    First Queens Of The Season

    Thanks Dani :)
  4. Black Mountain Honey

    First Queens Of The Season

    Thanks Damo. Glad they are doing well for you :)
  5. Black Mountain Honey

    First Queens Of The Season

    Well this is a very lovely interchange. Thank you! Peter Little was a fantastic man. I remember calling him up to discuss a Pure Buckfast queen I had on order and he wasn't very well at all, but still made time to do what he loved best - chat about bees and beekeeping. He is sorely missed...
  6. Black Mountain Honey

    First Queens Of The Season

    To be fair to you, that's an awesome reply! LOL
  7. Black Mountain Honey

    First Queens Of The Season

    🐝👑🌸 Exciting News for Beekeepers! 🌸👑🐝 🌟 Introducing the Arrival of the first batch of F1 Buckfast Queens for 2024 at Black Mountain Honey 🌟 👑 Limited in number and unparalleled in quality, these F1 Buckfast queens can transform your beekeeping! 👑 Why are we so proud of our unique line of...
  8. Black Mountain Honey

    7 Beehives Stolen Llandudno

    Invisible ink stamps on the frames doesn't stop it but it really makes your hives less targetable. A note on the boxes saying 'these frames are stamped with my company name in invisible ink' means they have to shake the bees onto new frames/foundation. For thieves, that's much more work...
  9. Black Mountain Honey

    Apiary vandalism / animal rights

    Jeez. If you are going to reference a website for a definition at least read what it says before inserting it on an online forum. But you are right, Wikipedia does do a pretty good job of explaining what clickbait is. WIKIPEDIA: Clickbait is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to...
  10. Black Mountain Honey

    Apiary vandalism / animal rights

    Thank you Ely. Appreciate the support :) I am not one for getting back to negative messages but I am more than happy to provide further information here... Click bait is when you post a thumbnail of Donald Trump being eaten by a shark and when you click on the video its a scantily clad...
  11. Black Mountain Honey

    Hydro press

    I used to have that press exact press. Well made and works well. You will be pleased with it :)
  12. Black Mountain Honey

    Press for Heather Honey/Cappings

    We have just moved over to a hydropress only for heather and scrape back frames to plastic foundation. Works brilliantly and negates the requirement for any sort of loosening/swing cage extractor I wouldnt upgrade from a 20 frame and buy the VIGO hydro press. Its effortless and filters the...
  13. Black Mountain Honey

    Finished the Ph.D...

    Congratulation Derek 🎆🎇
  14. Black Mountain Honey

    New Website For Black Mountain Honey

    Our new website is now live. If there is any new feature, you would like to see, feel free to drop me a PM blackmountainhoney.co.uk
  15. Black Mountain Honey

    NAHBE

    There was a fair bit of set honey there. Probably around 10% compared to runny. There was also a pressurised honey creamer called creamPAL. A snip at $33000. I want one! Made the smoothest honey I have ever tasted. The consistency of yoghurt!
  16. Black Mountain Honey

    Solar Panel Storage Batteries

    We use batteries on our system as well. Its the overnight tariff that we use to charge up the batteries that's the huge money saver. 4.5kw solar array 20kWh battery storage system 5kw Inverter and an overnight rate to charge the batteries of 4.5p per KWH. We just charge them up fully...
  17. Black Mountain Honey

    BMH Overwintered Nucs - 2024

    Our order book for 2024 is now open 🐝bee-smillie Our overwintered nucleus colonies are sent in March-May 2024 and comprise of the following: 1 x UK Mated Overwintered F1 Buckfast Queen (mated in Wales - reared from our own pure Buckfast breeder queens) 1 x Paynes Poly Nuc Box with ventilated...
  18. Black Mountain Honey

    Heather honey harvest!

    Thanks :) Yes - my operation is small enough to warrant destroying the comb each year. I started with pressing, moved to the loosener - sold it and reverted to pressing. Loads better for us
  19. Black Mountain Honey

    Heather honey harvest!

    We do both. Straight heather honey and a heather blend :)
  20. Black Mountain Honey

    Heather honey harvest!

    Aren't these good! The best bit - it does the filtering at the same time so its ready to settle and can be jarred immediately. I grew so tired of loosening and then extracting only to have to filter again at a later stage before jarring!
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