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  1. Monsieur Abeille

    Thornes oxalic/thymol mixup

    For those not on Big T's emailling list - they mixed up some thymol and oxalic crystals :
  2. Monsieur Abeille

    Flash Sale

    Quite surprised no one has posted this (or maybe its elsewhere) but Big T have a 10% 24 hour "Flash Sale" on at present for non sale items. Use discount code DISCOUNT10
  3. Monsieur Abeille

    Seeking courses in Lincs

    Hi. A friend is looking for a beginners course in the Lincs/Notts area - a proper course rather than a one day introduction. Realise this is probably the wrong time of year but please PM me or post here if you know of any coming up this season or next.
  4. Monsieur Abeille

    At what stage do you start winter feed?

    Looks like this summer is over before it began as far as nectar flow is concerned here. Currently feeding 1:1 but I'm starting to think that I might as well start the winter 2:1 before too long, not expecting them to bring much else in. Any thoughts?
  5. Monsieur Abeille

    Can bees change their spots?

    If a colony consists of just a queen with older bees, will some of them revert to nurse duties when she starts laying? Sent from my SM-G901F using Tapatalk
  6. Monsieur Abeille

    Queens memory

    Hi all Presumably the queen does some orientation before going off on the maiden flight. Does she retain this memory - ie if she is shaken out some yards away a few months later, will she remember how to fly back to the colony?
  7. Monsieur Abeille

    DLQ or DLW

    Would be grateful for some opinions. Got a swarm last year, fairly small but just big enough to winter in a hive . Queen was laying, but not a lot. They survived winter and this spring she seemed to up her game and laying pretty well, however the colony a few weeks ago was still quite small...
  8. Monsieur Abeille

    Dented extractor

    I managed to dent my stainless steel extractor - see pic. It is still usable, but I would like to repair it if possible. Bearing in mind my general uselessness at DIY, do you think a car body shop the best option to repair or would anyone armed with a hammer be able to knock it (roughly) back...
  9. Monsieur Abeille

    Winter losses 2016/17

    Those of you that don't mind sharing, it would be interesting to have an overview of what losses we experienced last winter. Divided very simplistically into those with more or less than 5 hives. Drone laying queens count as a loss. I've done these the past few years, results here 2015/16...
  10. Monsieur Abeille

    Autumn/Winter treament

    Having earlier in the year become the proud owner of a vaporiser, I have been thinking that I may forgo the thymol treatment this year, and instead give them two blasts of oxalic before the winter. Flack jacket ready, and I suspect I'm missing something - any reason why not?
  11. Monsieur Abeille

    Whats this

    Any of you clever chaps and ladies recognise this?
  12. Monsieur Abeille

    First read the label!

    Spent the past two days extracting and jarring my OSR crop, and feeling very pleased with myself until I realised that the soft set I use for seed (from a local farmer) had changed jar size - previously 1lb, now 12oz. Sadly everything in jars now so its going to have to stay a bit short of the...
  13. Monsieur Abeille

    OSR in comb

    Does anyone have a good indicator as to roughly how long OSR will stay in the comb before it crystallises? For the second year I'm planning a two harvest strategy so as to not lose too much to crystallisation and am thinking no longer than 6 weeks from the start of a super being filled.
  14. Monsieur Abeille

    Winter losses 2015/16

    Those of you that don't mind sharing, it would be interesting to have an overview of what losses we experienced last winter. Divided very simplistically into those with more or less than 5 hives. Drone laying queens count as a loss. I've done these the past five years, results here 2014/15...
  15. Monsieur Abeille

    Bait hive stand

    For several years I kept a bait hive in my garden on top of what was a bird table (see picture) - my understanding being that they are more likely to inhabit something well off the ground. That table finally gave up the ghost and I'm now looking for an inexpensive alternative. Sadly my DIY...
  16. Monsieur Abeille

    Dlq

    One colony appears to have a DLQ. Only apparent brood is drone, but it is on both sides of two frames , in a fair grouping (see attached), which leads me to surmise a DLQ rather than laying workers (is that a fair assumption?). I'm rubbish at spotting the queen, and my plan is to do nothing...
  17. Monsieur Abeille

    Swarming and memory

    A question for you clever chaps and ladies ...... Presumably, if a swarm takes up camp a few hundred years from its mother hive, the bees know to relearn their position. So.... does that mean that once a swarm occurs, all of its occupants forget their old internal maps, and if that is true, is...
  18. Monsieur Abeille

    Vaping temps

    Got myself all geared up to enter the exciting world of vaping, and had a last minute re-read of instructions (saved my bacon on many occasions that). See that it says not to vape below 4 degrees. I've no accurate thermometer to hand, but the BBC weather says we should be in the 2-3 degree...
  19. Monsieur Abeille

    Honey Paw Slit Uncapper

    Bit rich for a three hive owner at £165 + wallpaperstripper, but has anyone tried the Honey Paw slit uncapper as on the Modern Beekeeping site and here https://youtu.be/lgRU1nEuWGY
  20. Monsieur Abeille

    Top Tip of the Day

    It seems that if you clean out your smoker after 6 years, it works a lot better!
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