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I attach a report, with a picture, originally intended for the 'Warwickshire Beekeeper' magazine, in case it's of interest to any new or existing beekeepers in the Birmingham area who may be readers of this forum. Birmingham & District Beekeeper's Association Apiary Meeting Saturday 15th May...

Since this is my 1000th post I thought I'd use it to say 'Happy Birthday' to Frisbee, but she says I'm sworn to secrecy. ! . . :party: JC.

Bham and District Beekeepers Association, were at the 'Grand Designs' exhibition, in the 'Gardens and Allotments' section, demonstrating how to begin beekeeping, as part of the Warwickshire Beekeeping Group. We had an old WBC hive on display and a new Mod. National hive with pictures of bees...

I have just received this advice by email. Sun 4 oct 2009. " EFB has been reported close to J4 of the M5 (Lydiate Ash) and Justus is making inspections. " Justus Klaar is the local bee inspector. He is a very helpful and informed beek. No doubt he will be able to substantiate or dispel the...

I thought some might be interested to see pics of a poly brood box which I was compelled to replace yesterday. The item was purchased new from Fragile-planet in 2007, and was unused until about 4 months ago, when it was put into service to house a swarm, since no other brood box was available...

Having salvaged and re-furbished some unwanted old beehives recently, I was left with the remains of very old grotty comb which had gone mouldy and was full of dead bees and other general detritus. I fumigated it with glacial acetic acid to kill any disease spores and then set about recovering...

Any 'American' ladies on the forum ? :ack2: On a beautiful deserted island in the middle of nowhere, the following people are stranded: 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman, 2 French men and 1 French woman, 2 German men and 1 German woman, 2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman, 2 English men and 1...

Hagley and Stourbridge Beekeepers are holding their annual honey show today, Sat 19 Sept 2009. Here's the link http://www.hsbka.org/events/event.php?ID=27&day=Saturday&j=19&F=September&time=9&mins=00&ampm=AM&loc_ID=99 I popped along to have a look at the judging and was met at the front gate...

Looking back through some of the older threads I noticed Widdershins was the first poster apart from Admin (who doesn't count 'cause he set it up, so he would be first, wouldn't he :)). Many thanks to Mark/Admin for all his hard work and dedication so far which has produced an outstanding...

Gandalfwhitewizard, "The Bee Wizard of Kent" and his lovely partner Widdershins (beeware, she's bee-witching), were our hosts today at their lovely home apiary in Kent, for an introductory tuition session on queen rearing. Gandalf had used his special magic to fix the weather, which despite fog...

Needing some large capacity rapid feeders, (about 6 or 8), and seeing Thornes prices, I decided to review Hedgerow Pete's excellent video post and make a few up from available materials, - WBP ply and rescued pallets essentially. I also had a few excellent instructional tips from Frisbee on...

Forum members may be interested to see some pics of the Birmingham and District Beekeeping Association annual honey show, which is being held at the 'Gardeners Weekend' Exhibition this weekend in Kings Heath Park, Birmingham. The photos show setting up early this morning and the consequent...

Hedgerow Pete kindly gave me a bottle of his 'Private Reserve' - (under the stairs) as a parting shot, - er, I mean gift. We had had a good chat about queen breeding under local conditions, and whether to use local bees to breed our own queens, or buy in specific queens and breed from them. I...

Having thought (very hard) and analyzed and examined and trialed various hive types for more than a year, I have reached the following conclusion - If you're not a commercial beekeeper (labour and capital costs etc) then there are only two sensible choices of hive. 1. BS Modified National in...

The 'tutor' in our club insists I feed Fumidil-B in syrup as soon as I give up hope of honey and remove any supers. Does anyone have any experience with this treatment and how well it works. My understanding is that the bees don't necessarily eat the syrup from say an Ashworth feeder, they...

Here are some pictures of events that might make you say " Oh dearie, dearie me ! ", ..... or words something like that. :ack2:

After going out for a stroll, a man returns home and says to his wife, " I've just been chatting to the milkman. He says he's had sex with every woman in this street except one." "Huh" she says, "I bet it's that stuck-up woman at number 6"

Here's a copy of an email I received recently. I particularly liked point 13. .......................... ABOUT THE WRITER Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald. Colonoscopy Journal: I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to...

Since the advent of the Beehaus, the Dartington website appears to be inoperative. Apparently it contained construction info on "Coke/Milk bottle Wasp Trap". I searched and found this copy of the instructions, which I append here in case it helps new users like myself who may not have seen the...

This is a pic from a security camera of some contractors who were employed to install some iron bollards to stop people from parking on the forecourt of the building. They are just clearing up, ready to drive off home in their van !