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nucs had sale on the nucs when you opened up the iwantbees site-gets worse, bought 6- then had to settle for 3, ordered 2 buckfast + 1 carni, they sent 3 buckfast & wouldn't send a car5ni queen when I pointed out the error. Roger payne very rude & abrupt-stated 'I picked 3 buckfast you'll have...

geordie on board not the only one-I'm in Killingworth if you need help or advice. Robby

did anyone else see the payne's Nuc sale in the last week of may/1st week of june? Nucs were marked down from £195 to £95.

see email above

http://www.****************.co.uk/auctions/wp-login.php -seems dodgy to me too-never seen nucs for this low a price.

found email address-tony ellis [[email protected]]

can't find web address, gents name is tony Ellis post code-GL19 4JL

Hi, Anyone heard of the uk beebreeders group in ashleworth Gloucester, they are advertising 5 frame nucs of bees for £60-deposit by blank postal order of£30 per nuc. are they genuine-don't mean to be impolite, but neither do I wish to be ripped off. £60 for a 5-frame nuc seems awfully cheap.

fogging I decided to go the fogging route this year, adding spearmint oil to the food grade mineral oil in the fogger, works a treat+ leaves bees lovely & shiny, also encourages bees to clean floor. after third treatment couldn't see any varroa-bees gone into winter clean. Will post results in...

liquid spray I use liquid spray-1 to 1 syrup with same quantity of wate +r 1-cap of honey b healthy, haven't used smoker for more than a year-really calms bees, advantage over smoker, doesn't set bees back by three days plus .

many thanks to both of you, hace you tried this method yourselves? Robby

has anyone got info on the queen rearing setup whereby there are two standard nuc's either side of a smaller nuc, joined by two lengthys of pipe with the queen cells in the smaller central box? & how does it all work plus any plans for this?

can you give me the suppliers name & addressx of the nuc's pleaswe.

yellow bees I used to take my bees to the heather,& another keeper used the same moor-his bees had bright yellow stripes (not wasps), I just wondered which strain they were, appreciated all of the comments. on another note, I started a nuc off my calmest bees-no need for gloves & on calm...

£67 at mbeekeeping-doesn;t include supers & need to paint with masonary paint. mine are bright orange, bees love it.

poly hives I've been using these hives for two seasons now alongside cedar nationals, the poly hives overwinter with much larger colonies & come through stronger & build up quicker in spring than my nationals, I shall be buying more poly's this winter. Neber seen them for less than £67 so...

just wondered what people's views are on which strain is the calmest & easiest to manage, also bees with brighy yellow stripes#what' strain are they?