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Harking back to the beginning of the thread, before we really got to evil bees, "if we have any issues with main hive. I will be talking to the other beekeeper." It is often cited that a frame of eggs from another hive - thinking bee buddy - is a good idea and it is. Consider however that the...

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A regular customer of mine has moved from Worcestershire to the Amber Valley in Derbyshire and seeks a supplier of circa 48 lbs of honey per order, four or so orders per year. The criteria is: 1lb jars, metal lids, runny (summer) honey Price to be negotiated. If you fit the bill, let me know...

I had an interestingly large colony this year. The occasion was apparently the going over of the OSR. I was getting a bit of a pasting, so after a brief inspection, I shut up and retreated 75m to the car. The smoker had been given a good seeing to but personally it was restricted to pinging the...

A regular cash customer has moved from the Worcester area to Derby and seeks a new regular supplier of local (Midlands/Derbyshire) honey. Able to give an approx week to ten days order notice / lead time. The requirement is for: - 1lb jars - metal lids - runny (summer) honey - batch size circa...

It's been a while, but I can see that not a lot has changed since my last visit :sos:

2 weeks of stored data Hello KTemby, I like the expedient of keeping a back-log of data/video stored locally, so that it can be collected at an apiary visit to supplement sketchy or non-extant wifi internet links. The practice has been used on trans-global High Altitude Balloon flight, where...

What's in the order of origin I don't suppose for one minute that any of the packers mark their honey Non EU and EU honey as opposed to EU and Non EU honey to indicate relative content where appropriate?

Frisby is alive and well, as am I. Just visiting less often as life includes other activities that also consume a lot of time. Prevarication being a major activity here at the moment. Bees all OK too. Big hello to all and looking for a cold dry winter and a lovely spring in 2016.

Once a bucket of granulated honey is melted back to liquid it can be seeded with a soft set honey, normally 1:10 seed:melted honey. Stirred well to distribute the seed evenly you should be good. Best temperature for this is probably around 14 degrees C, so may be slow in the summer...

Ha ha, they check the bees once a month . . . that tells you everything you need to know. All the evidence will probably have been eaten. Cushy billet.

Grab your Cyanocrylate superglue from a Pound shop. As long as the turnover is good then it should be nice and fresh.

Yes, I realised that John, but many thanks for the heads up which will possibly be of use to others. Hopefully it's something and nothing and will be back before we know it.

If necessary, use a sheet of newspaper and unite the super with a colony that hasn't got quite as many boxes on. Same or different hive stand.

If he's truly busy and you think that he is moving in on your forage, close to your bees, then he won't mind if you put extra bait hives into your apiary, will he? Life's too short . . . Perhaps whilst occupying your attention with his hives, he is actually seeing your wife.

Nice clear CCTV so that when anyone steals you have footage to put on line to name and shame. Just be sure to have the honey and box within your property boundary. No need to call them thieves, but the let the video speak for itself.

I haven't had cause to access the Dave Cushman website as maintained by Roger Patterson for some time, but this evening it appeared to be unavailable . . . Does anyone have any light to shed on this or have I just tried to access it whilst it is down for maintenance?

That top shelf will be a devil to reach once the bench fills up :)

Standard convention suggests that the depth of your box, be it super or brood box, should be nominally 10mm greater than the frame width. This will give you a nominal 10mm bee space and any slight variation will be . . . Nominal :) Remember that when you build a box from a plan, that it is your...

I wonder if it will result in a very nice addition to your honey . . .