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The Regional Bee Inspector cometh forth today. I have symtoms of EFB. I have symptoms of DLQ. I also have half a pint of petrol and a box of matches. The question is, how far back do I stand before throwing in the match ?

I bought a lump of Oasis from a local florist, with the intention of putting it in a bowl of water in my apiary for easy access drinking water for the Girls. However the Florist said, "be carefull, it might have bee-harming chemicals in it". If anyone has experience of using Oasis I would be...

I am due to collect a nuc on Saturday, and have been preparing my equipment. In doing this I gave the external surfaces of brood box, roof and stand a wipe over with teak oil. I used this as I did not have any linsead oil. My question is, does anyone have any knowledge or experience of using...

Does anybody know where I can get Western Red Cedar, 22mm X 270mm in Essex. I have the plans, I have the tools, I don't have the wood. One timber merchant had it, but I would have to remortgage my house to pay for it.

Does anyone know why commercial, (and other), hives have rebated hand grips as opposed to external ones? I have tooled my workshop up to produce commercial hives and have pondered this matter. I can see no logical reason especially as it is this rebated area that woodpeckers attack, owing to the...