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    2 Colonies for sale North Nottinghamshire

    Colonies still available. Need to sell due to a change in circumstances. Make me a reasonable offer
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    Bee fence

    I doubt they'd go through as they wouldn't want to use extra energy or risk losing the pollen. Mouse guards are about the size of slightly large pencils so anything smaller would be fine
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    2 Colonies for sale North Nottinghamshire

    2 National Colonies on a brood and a half for sale £180 each or £350 for the pair. 2016 queens and varroa treated. Fairly old hives and frames hence the price. Very gentle bees and building up quite nicely with local OSR North Nottinghamshire on South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire border. Please...
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    Monster Queen.

    I'm tempted to say that it's not the size that matters but it probably is for Queens. Is there a direct correlation between size and the number of mating flights accomplished? Any answers?
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    Anaphylaxis

    Didn't know that Martha Kearney had to give up due to this. Apparently her last programme about beekeeping saw medics behind the cameras just in case she got stung on set. After they stopped filming she sold her hives. makes you think about being alone by your hives without a mobile phone and...
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    Leaving granulated honey on Frames over winter

    I'm sure this has been answered before but due to illness this year I was unable to extract the honey (mostly OSR) which is now granulated in the frames. can I leave this honey under the brood box or will they not take it?
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    Meringue in the hive

    I give mine Christmas pudding followed by a small glass of brandy and of course a small cigar
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    Insurance

    On this subject, I used to belong to the local association where insurance was included. I no longer belong and my bees are in an out apiary away from everywhere. Should I reconsider insurance and what sort of cover would I have and do I need it?
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    Wasps

    Putting you off from What?
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    Insulation: I don't get it!

    I will withdraw the word obsessed and substitute it for interested. Thanks for the replies and the debate. Still not convinced for the need though.
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    Insulation: I don't get it!

    Why are so many of you obsessed with insulation. The bees don't need it. Many of you will remember the Winter of 2010. In December my apiary reached -18C with day time temperatures no higher than -9c. I remember being worried then but bees came through with no losses and with much less...
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    Bees busy?

    What's the sun?
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    How many supers?

    I've done 4 on a brood and a half but I think those of us who have bees near OSR will be limited given the need to take them off when they're capped, Gone are the days when you could put a super on in April and remove at the end of August
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    The perfect creature?

    Top Article thanks
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    The perfect creature?

    But it is the opposite of altruism isn't it?
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    The perfect creature?

    I've often heard it said that bees are the perfect creature and therefore haven't evolved at all for millions of years. so.....why do they swarm very early or very late in a season when there are no drones about leaving queen cells/virgins with no chance of getting mated? Surely this is...
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    Sugar 59p per Kilo at Aldi

    if you still need some that is
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    Sneaking a delivery home

    So the EU are buying from Thornes. No wonder the Euro's in a crisis
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    largest wasps nest i have ever seen

    How may wasp queens would be in a nest that size come to think of it how many wasp queens leave to hibernate from a normal size nest?
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