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Just got off the phone from my very upset 73 year old mother. She has just been on the phone to the doctors surgery she has been registered with since 1970 to be told she was removed from their list because she didn't go! How can this be right. She now cannot get a Covid vaccination because it...

I have decided on a project that is probably going to take a few years to see through to completion. I live on a smallholding but no longer keep any animals bigger than ducks & hens (ignoring the daft boxer) and just let the farmer next door graze his sheep occasionally to keep the grass down. I...

I walk my dog within sight of my hives every lunchtime and noticed some unusual behavior around them today. I have an old empty wooden hive (not in great condition) that I no longer use but have been too lazy to move, as I need to cut the brambles round it, and an empty poly nuc box that I put a...

Having reached the grand old age of forty mumble I am reaping the rewards of suffering from juvenile arthritis and I am losing strength and mobility in my back, shoulder and right arm. I am telling you this so you understand that I am not asking for information here because I think I can...

Despite my best efforts, my largest hive has swarmed today. It landed about 6m from the original hive and spread all over a gate and gate post (no nice textbook cluster from my bees). The only way I could think of to try to collect them was to balance a hive with roof (thankfully got a poly one...

Hi all Apologies in advance if I have posted this in the wrong place. I work in a secondary school and have been asked to put together a display with photos of bees etc for a project (my own fault). The problem is I have absolutely no artistic talent whatsoever and my photos all come out...

Can anyone advise me please, One of my hives is a monster, Its on two brood boxes and 3 supers and has been preparing to swarm. I have been unable to find the queen due to the volume of bees so followed the method suggested in my books of putting a frame of eggs and brood in a new hive on the...