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Interesting commentary on YouTube this morning on Gwenynn Gruffydd’s site about supermarket shelf labelling as well as the new proposed regulations

My wife and I will be there as well. Mead making as well on Thursday pm. We are looking forward to listening to Richard Noel and his experience of Asian Hornets in Brittany

IKEA do a zipped bag which they call a « Parkla « Quite robust and washable. A number in our association use them. The material they are made of is quite thick and certainly was moth proof for me over last winter. Each bag will take one National super

Just into our second year.We recommend Haynes Manual it is well illustrated and helped us in our first year and also towards our Basic Hive Assessment. Don’t forget to join a local association as well

I assume that is on the National Bee Unit’s website for the more precise details

Thank you for posting and the results. It was useful as a beginner to see the end result. Although recently successful at Basic Hive Assessment it was good to see a real comb for interpretation rather than from the textbooks

The QX was a plastic one with no obvious defects but to be honest it is all I had available at the time as a new Beek. All noted re queen cells and need to perform A/S if suspected. Thank you for the replies. I have learned a lot. I hope others do by reading this thread

Yes I did. It was following from those with more experience than me. Nevertheless lesson learned. I will always check the bottom box in future and perhaps not leave her the ability to raise queen cells as advised above. However despite these setbacks I am still enjoying the challenges they set...

Noted. Thank you for the reply. It had happened previously in May and someone locally recommended putting a QX under the brood box as well as over but somehow they appear to have managed to slim her down to get her through that as well. Oh well. We live and learn!

Left her with 2 frames of BIAS and a mixture of drawn comb and foundation on either side. The swarm cells came from those frames. Clearly I will have to check the bottom box in the future. I thought by leaving her with plenty of room she would not swarm. I do wish they would read the books and...

Although a relative newbie to beekeeping I have completed a few Demaree Vertical Splits to avoid colony increase in rapidly expanding colonies to hopefully prevent swarming. The majority have worked well but on two occasions the colonies have swarmed from the bottom box when there have only been...

Also in Staffordshire near Weston Welcome to the forum. A great resource particularly for a Newbee like me. Just into my second year

Screwfix do an LED torch by Nebo called “ Lil Larry “. It has 2 strengths as well as a flashing red light which some might find useful outside beekeeping. It retails at £9.99p and illuminates a wide area of comb which I find useful. If you go to any of the Beekeeping Conventions or National...

There is a good example written by an EHO who is also a beekeeper and wrote “ Food Hygiene for Beekeepers “ - Andy Pedley. It is in the back of the book but gives a very good idea of what is required. Recently inspected by local EHO for Standalone Honey Extraction/ Bottling who liked it. The...

Thought about that. Another procedure to learn about on this steep but enjoyable learning curve in our first year of beekeeping. Dyce method as demonstrated by Norfolk Honey Company?

Fortunately thanks to this forum I used a label designer who is also a beekeeper and does appear here from time to time. The instructions you mentioned are already on my labels.

Thank you for the replies. I am keen to do the least I can to my honey. My only concern is of the cloudy appearance and its marketability. I have only seen clear honey for sale around various small retail outlets and online never any cloudy ones. Perhaps it is my inexperience showing. Will...

Thank you for your reply. I will look up the info on BBKA website. I assume they mean you can heat it to 60C for 45 mins to ensure it won’t crystallise whilst on the shelf rather than “ sterilising “ it to prolong shelf life

Recently found that some of my honey had crystallised. Following advice on this forum I used a Baby Burco type boiler to raise the temperature to 37C and it dutifully liquified. However after filtering it through a well known double filter system it is refusing to clear. It does have a slightly...

I have the above tank that is supplied with a metal gate valve controlling a 40mms outlet. Abelo do sell a Bottling Valve and Ball Valve but they are not cheap. I was wondering it there is anyone on the forum who has already converted this gate valve to a ball valve using readily obtained...