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I was driving across Wiltshire the last few days of September and again the first few days of October and saw hundreds of acres of OSR in flower , or just about to flower. This seems very late....is it likely to offer nectar at the current temperature? Jc

Two of mine in an out aipiery. Reasonably well screened from the road, no footpaths! I'm sorely tempted to put out a bait hive now! Jc

Does anyone sell honey produced locally to Solihull? I've a friend there who is looking to buy local honey - but mine is distant :( Jc

Well, anyone selling at "normal" UK pricess is clearly under selling! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-Natural-Honey-Bees-1000-grams-Bulgarian-Herbal-Honey-from-BEEKEEPER-/321034961404?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Food_SM&hash=item4abf2cc1fc Its £54 for 1Kg (so just over 2 pounds) and £12 postage! Jc

My honey complies with the rules that says it is from England. I fully understand why people want to know where their produce is from. My label actually identifies the village where the bees live. So, why do the major stores label their honey as "produce of EU and non EU countries"? This...

From reading various posts and literature, I've always believed that bees prefer OSR over other plants. Yesterday, watching four colonies that have an abundance of rape (200 acres between them!), I noticed that less than half of the bees were bringing home bright yellow pollen (with the classic...

A friend of mine who lives near Saltash is interested in keeping bees, but would like to see what it is like in "real life" before investing in the training etc. She is a bit too far from me to look at mine! Would anyone be interested in allowing her a "close up" at inspection time? PM maye...

Beekeeping certainly appears to be getting more popular now. I've just totted up 8 beekeepers within a mile radius of the centre of my village, and two more are interested in starting up as well. Is this density of beekeepers common? Jc

Is anyone selling honey in 42g jars? I can do the sums on what it costs to sell them, but wondered if anyone has seen the prices it is sold at? Jc

I have a 5 frame nuc that is one more than I need (frames only, so you will need a box to take them away in) Brood on all 5 frames, this years queen (marked yellow, as I only have this colour!) £110 Jc

I thought I'd try some cut comb for sale this year, but the bees are not making this easy! Last year I just put a couple of unwired frames amongst the wired frames and it seemed simple! This year, each frame had a starter stip along the top, but the bees have not followed this, but built in an...

Well, this years expansion was too much of a success, and I plan to sell at least one nuc off soon. I would rather not sell the box(es) though, after the hassle of buying and painiing - they feel like "mine" now! What would be a reasonable price for a calm, 6-frame nuc with just the bees and...

I've a spare box set aside to attract any nearby swarms, and in one corner was a small patch of what looked like sulphur (from school chemistry lessons) surounding some sort of brood cells - clearly not honey bees. It was not on the frames, but maybe a 2" cube under the crown board, surounding a...