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  1. redpola

    First swarm - and at night. Suggestions?

    Cool story. :)
  2. redpola

    First swarm - and at night. Suggestions?

    Got em. After an hour of banging frames together and a hastily assembled spare hive, I dropped half of them into a cardboard box and then scooped as many of the rest in with my hand. I'm hopeful that I got the queen, though it was hard to see anything and my girlfriend who was holding the box...
  3. redpola

    First swarm - and at night. Suggestions?

    Hi all, So, it seems my single hive has decided it's time to swarm. The swarm is in a tree about ten feet from the hive and are easily accessible. There is also a small "beard" of bees in the hive. A tap on the box tells me there are plenty of bees left inside. Now, this being still my first...
  4. redpola

    Chat?

    I'll add my vote for a non-flash-based live chatroom. Cheers! Neil.
  5. redpola

    Varroa Brainteaser - QI

    I watched an episode of QI the other day in which they posed the question of what animal has the same common name as its latin name. They could only find one - the Boa Constrictor. I humbly submitted that our friend, Varroa Destructor is another such example. Agree? Disagree? I'm no zoologist...
  6. redpola

    Sugar Prices

    You can form a company at, for instance, www.theformationscompany.com for five quid. I just searched google for "247 company formation" and a bunch of them pop up. You're required to fill in some stuff, including assigning some share capital to your company (for instance 1 share at £1), choose...
  7. redpola

    Winter Preparations and unuseable frames question

    Congratulations! :)
  8. redpola

    Drawing out foundation this late

    I think I might slip the super on and see how they get on. They're certainly showing no signs of slowing up - in fact they seem busier now than in early July when they arrived.
  9. redpola

    When is the right time?

    Thanks for all the replies. I wasn't saying that I'd necessarily been given bad advice - but more that I'm greedy! I'll probably extract and treat this week I think.
  10. redpola

    When is the right time?

    Thanks Chris. I'm pretty central - Broom. Near enough to the centre (1m) for these to be urban bees. :)
  11. redpola

    Ivy honey and how late you can leave it

    There's been mention on here of specifically trying to get some Ivy honey. It's really not clear to me, this being my first year and all, how close to the winter we go before tucking the bees up for the year. If I put an empty super on now (drawn out) when I would I be thinking about taking it...
  12. redpola

    Drawing out foundation this late

    Sorry I forgot to say - this is a healthy strong colony.
  13. redpola

    Drawing out foundation this late

    I've a super whose foundation hasn't been drawn out. Is it likely that if I put it on now it will be drawn out this year, or am I putting too much drain on the ladies resources?
  14. redpola

    When is the right time?

    I've been advised twice now by local experienced beekeepers to get my (only) super off my (only) hive and extract it immediately, then treat for varroa right away. I suspect there is an element of "go away and stop bothering me" about this advice and in fact at least one of the advice givers has...
  15. redpola

    whats the story with getting an invention patented?

    In the world of computer software, I was once told that ignorance is a reasonable defence when producing so-called clean-room implementations of software algorithms. So if I invented something I called a "web browser" provably from first principals then I'd have a sturdy answer when I was sued...
  16. redpola

    cheap hive on Amazon

    Probably causing this thread to go on even longer.... Hi, There's a guy local to me who makes beehives as a sideline. I bought my first hive from him, then went a bit mad and decided to build my second hive from a thornes kit just to say I had built one of my hives. The first hive is quite a...
  17. redpola

    Woman Dead And Man Hurt After Wasp Attack

    :iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: :):):):):):):):):):):)
  18. redpola

    anyone lost their domesticated bees?

    Domestic bees / cows / ferrets?
  19. redpola

    Epi pen for personal use only!

    Actually, now I've just read my response to BBG, I think that my continuing this discussion is me trolling. So as they say in the Dragon's Den, I'm out. I'm happy - I can now save my life and my loved one's if the situation arises, and I'm pleased I've been afforded the freedom to make that...
  20. redpola

    Epi pen for personal use only!

    It seems it's your turn to be disingenuous. Google "Anaphylaxis" and you will find plenty of authoritative sources of information on the subject. The NHS symptoms page helps you diagnose the attack to the point of calling an ambulance and the site also gives the advice "An injection of an...
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