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You need to get your osr honey to a liquid first then let it cool then add 10% of your seed honey, a soft set you like the texture of, stir it in well, stir every day for at least a week. I then leave it at least another week before jarring.

I always remember when I was new to bee keeping that if the bees did not sting all you would have is a box of flies..

It has made me start thinking. I do have a honey warmer (Old Fridge and a bulb) but do have a water bath for cooking sous vide, which would do a number of jars at once.

I was folloing the thread when i noticed Aldi do a jam maker too, £45.. Think its an online only purchase. However having just looked at the two websites they look different. What do you think?

Not like a covid vaccination then.. I guess the aim is for solely a winter treatment

If you only had a few to do, I made a vapouriser for use with a battery for less than a fiver. I used a 12v mug water heater with a 15mm compression end stop which screwed into the element. I ran 2 did the job for a few years before getting something more substantial..

I did not have a honey warming cabinet so made one out of an old fridge that was not working and a 40w light bulb. Put the bulb in the bottom covered with a piece of wood and foil, to stop direct heat. Put a bucket of honey in 20-30lbs and it will liquify it in a couple of days. Any honey that...

I have been having a play with a 12v element for boiling water in a cup which had been listed on an auction site. The version I had was 200w (£6) and am now waiting for a 120w version (£3). For the bowl I used a copper compression fitting blanking cap. This is the type that screws inside a...

Re what are you doing I am pretty sure every time I have stung gas been my fault, whether through not being suited up to being at times sausage fingered. I have on some occasions when time allows not gloved up, as it does make you be more careful, and funny enough not been stung. What is nice...

Is this Normal I have had a few stings this year 17? none last year and 3 the year before. I now find that the stings are less painful, yet often the area stung does swell. My normal course of action is 4 days of antihistamine along with ibuforen, which after the 4 days is then back to normal...

There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary,and those who don't I have told you a million times about exaggerating, ah 64 then

It was swarming time then Yes, but my reference was that I was going on holiday...

I had a similar situation about 7 weeks ago. I did an artifiicial swarm and took two further frames with brood and QC's on and put in a NUC, came back from holiday, reunited two. In the meantime some bees from somewhere had swarmed at set up home in an empty hive, drawing out comb from the crown...

Re better airflow for honey making Is this the main reason yeilds are lower? The bees themselves seem pretty content. I was interested in the the framed horizontal hive, do you have any other details. I wish I had a vertical TBH for a further comparison, anyone out there with a warre seen...

Hi all I have one top bar hive and 3 nationals and a nuc. The bees on the nationals just fly in and out whereas on the TBH there is a round 20 -30 bees just hanging around the outside. Is this something I need to be concerned about?

I would have had one.. I think this must be he guy at Standon who had an email sent around our local association BSBKA, had I not arranged for a nuc on 14x12's I would have had one, who knows still might.. There's lies, dam lies, and statistics. Statically speaking most people have an above...

How are you fixed for 2013 Hi Just wondered what you succesfully overwintered. I would be interested in a nuc on 12 x 14's Allan