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  1. bbadger07

    Easy soft fondant recipe

    I've just bought some soft fondant from bee feed site which was quite expensive. Has anyone got a simple recipe which is simple to make for soft fondant, kind regards to all
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    when are we starting to feed and use api life var

    Hi everyone just start by thank you for all your replies. My supers are off. I've give them a little feed but have stopped as my queens are laying well. Question is: When are folks starting to feed. Should I use api life var before or after as the treatment takes about 3 weeks. Would that...
  3. bbadger07

    commercial frame extractor needed to borrow in barnoldswick

    Hi everyone. I can buy the full kit from Thornes on a budget of £150. Things is its my first crop for 3 years as they don't come often. I'd rather borrow from someone for a small fee if any members can please assist I would very much appreciate this. Kind regards to you all
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    allotment eviction

    I been told to remove my hives as they have swarmed twice in three years and had one complainent constantly moaning. I now have to source some land. Can anyone assist me as I live in barnoldswick. Any allotment holdersshoukd take heed don't get bees.
  5. bbadger07

    hive clean - swarming

    My nuc has managed to swarm after being re housed to a bigger box with undrawn foundation. Question is could the hive clean treatment i also gave them encouraged them to swarm.
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    how much to feed nucs

    Hello everyone. Its good to be back. Just received my 2 nucs last week. I've re homed them into brood boxes. There about 3 brood combs on each. Question is: how much should they be fed? I've made up 1:1 syrup from 1 bag of sugar. I'm guessing this should last them both about a week. I...
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    can I use my wife regal icing waste to feed my bees

    The wife just made birthday cakes for our children and given me the leftover coloured icicing fondant. Does Amy know if you can feed the bees this. Its coloured and its got animal fat in it also tho I think this would be quite good for them.
  8. bbadger07

    having to buy a queen up in the north of england

    can anyone recommend where I should buy a queen mail order so I can get her to my queenless colony, thanks everyone for their advice
  9. bbadger07

    queen cells wanted in barnoldswick

    hi everyone its been a while but im desperate for queen cells can anyone please assist i will travel to collect at this rate i may have to buy one at £40 online, crumbs......
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    I want to dye my bee suit

    Hi everyone as always I appreciate, your replys Just thinking about dye my white suit, can anyone recommend a products im thinking dark green, thanks everyone
  11. bbadger07

    it rains and rains upt north

    i was wondering what forum members thoughts are on: my hive which has a super on which is nearly back to wax comb, could i get away with not removing the super and putting a feeder as i feel they wont draw it down. Fondant could be another option i guess, which leaves me with final question...
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    how long does it take a queen to mate

    yesterday morning about 1045am it was like someone had turned the oven on outside when the clouds broke a little, then both my nucs hives which have emerging queens, all the bees started to congregate in the air and near the hive entrances. After about 15 mins they all went back into the hives...
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    help

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    i think its time to put a super on

    ive had an eke on and fed fondant but now their clinging to the top of the crown board, i guess i can stop feeding fondant and place a super on now. Its just rained and rained in barnoldswick recently..
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    pagden method

    just wondering what the forum members views on, when moving the queen onto original site into new undrawn brood box would they also put a frame with capped brood from the original into it as well, i hope this makes sense. Its just that when you read about this method (this is my chosen one im...
  16. bbadger07

    is it warm enough to do an inspection

    I wonder if anyone up north will be inspecting their hives today, i think it may be to cold but that sun looks warm enough as im in a sheltered site and they are british bees after all
  17. bbadger07

    acetic acid

    can anyone advise me where i can get a small amount of acetic acid to treat some foundation and frames which are slighty mouldy, ive had to through a load away these remaining ones will be ok, could i just spray them with something like lemon and water solution?? or how about some costic soda...
  18. bbadger07

    My commercial bb is filling up

    I was just wondering if it would be adviseable to put a super with last years honey on top of my commercial bb. This colony has been united with another colony. On my first full inspection today, I noticed that the brood box was very full of bees. I have a tray on underneath at the moment to...
  19. bbadger07

    im glad i put 2 hives though the winter answers on a postcard please

    I just inspected both my colonies today, one colony is doing rather well and has all the signs of doing well, the other hive which has been slow collecting pollen in comparison to the other hive had this. Please take a look and give me your thoughts please. As always i really appreciate the...
  20. bbadger07

    what can i paint these hives with

    just had these made from ply board at my local joiners, ive got some aliminium sheets to cover the tops and ive got to drill some vents in the side, im just stuck on what paint is available, ive got some under coat to put on them first. In a perfect world i would like them blue, green and red...
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