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    Jars for sale.

    Jars are new unused, boxes are dusty from shed storage. All came from Bottle company ltd (south) Orcio 314ml. 3 boxes thats 160 Jars. Orcio 212ml. 1 part used estimate 50 left. Octagonal 12 oz. 2 boxes thats 168 Jars. I have a good number of lids but probably not as the same amount as jars...
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    Caught a swarm

    Caught a swarm last night 9.30 ish, loads of problems erecting ladders into the tree they were in. Pruned a few branches to clear the way so i could drop them into a home made catch sack, all went ok, down the ladders i comes with a bag full of bees, great i think. Tip the bag and shake into a...
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    Hives, nucs for sale

    5/6 colonies on 10x12 frames and 3x 6 frame nucs on 10x12 frames for sale included will be a further 3 nuc boxes and a number of supers some with new frames and foundation. Sorry if this sounds a bit vague, but i have only just returned from a trip out of the uk and have not had a chance to...
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    Dead bees.

    Picked up 16 dead bees befor leaving work, thought i may have a look under the microscope. I put them in a sealed plastic bag, any way the did not like being dead and are now very much alive bee-smillieand not very happy :mad: at the moment they are having a :grouphug: I love sealable plastic bags.
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    I see trouble ahead.

    Well possibly. Last summer my boss in his wisdom thought it would be a good idea to have three hives on his front lawn which is long (250m) and narrow (60m). Now the problem i pointed out is we hold the local church fete on this lawn in May each year and i don't think the bees are going to be...
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    Nightmare.

    This is the first time i have flown, so i sort of looked forward to it, however it soon went down the pan. Gatwick delayed from boarding for an hour, get on board further 2 hour delay, missed connecting flight in Doha. Only one flight a day to melbourne, no arrangements had been made by Qatar...
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    Osr

    Looks like my bees will be sitting in the middle of a 5 mile block of OCR this year. In addition we have three orchards, 30 acre of white clover, 15 acre of dandylions, lime tree avenues, horsechestnut avenues. Whats planted around you lot.
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    Do you need to carry a epipen.

    Or do you carry one just in case. A few months ago i was stung on my little finger and ended up in A&E, i now need to carry a epipen well two in case the first does not work. All the medicos said the same, give up the bees it will only get worse. Well i am not ready to do that,so i would like...
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