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I can't find a mixer for my electric drill that is made from SS. Can anyone help?

I have noticed in Hampshire the oil seed rape is just starting to turn. When are you planning on extracting your rape harvest? I don't want the bees to store "setting" honey in the replacement supers. Cheers!!! Happy harvesting....

I took my supers off yesterday and all looked fine. Today I started extracting and have found a large amount of honey has set in the supers. I did fully extract the rape earlier in the year so it's not a hangover from that in case you ask. My question is this: What is the easiest way to...

I have what I hope is a very quick question. I have a queen that is superceding. About 2 weeks ago I artificially swarmed the colony. Last weekend I noticed 2 charged cells with the original queen. I destroyed them but did not artificially swarm them as I had done that once already. Today...

I have a colony that was getting ready to supercede I believe (a couple of identical cells 1/2 way up a frame) so did an art. swarm last week. I have bought a mini nuc as I would like to try rearing a queen in this way. I have the original clipped queen (who is prolific and a non swarmer as it...

Yesterday when I went to look at my colonies one of them had little bits of wax all over the front of the hive. It looks as if it was put there on purpose (i.e. well stuck) but each bit was only about 1/2 to 1 cm long and about 1 mm high. The wax was randomly spaced all over the front of the...

I have a spare hive that I would like to put out as a bait hive. I have a used brood box and used frames that I feel may be more attractive for any bees looking for a new home. If I put the bait hive out now 1) Is it too early? 2) Would a mouse guard be a good idea? 3) Is there a high risk...

This is my first time bringing bees through the winter. I started keeping bees early summer last year. I have just been to see my two colonies and added about 1.25kg of fondant as the 2.5kg I added at the end of Jan was all gone. I did not lift any frames as it is still too cold in my...

It is said bees don't like blue. I am considering switching to nitrile gloves this season but I can only find them in purple and blue. Does anyone have any experience using these gloves, specifically does the colour tend to make the bees more aggressive?