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Marked and clipped one of my queens yesterday. didnt do anything different from normal as handling her but when she was released back they immediately balled and become very aggressive towards her... first time this happening. Lauri

I got myself tacwise duo 50. have had couple of jams but nothing constant. Even though they say it takes 20 - 50 mm nails i use in mine 15mm if needed. Done about 500 frames plus all the other normally nail and hammer jobs. Regret not buying it earlier to be honest. Lauri

took some photos. Will house them in proper nuc box asap. Lauri

Evening all, Had a very first swarm taking residence in one of my baithives. had all my four baithives at home as was planning to paint and whack a few more nails in them but as i lifted one of the roofs off i had to put it back rather quickly .The box was full of bees.. Took the bait...

i used a plastic water bowl and fish tank heater ( temp goes up to 31 c ) to liquefy couple of jars of set honey and after 2 days i had half the jar of runny honey and bottom half still granulated.Why is that so? Cheers, lauri

Bought 4 packs just in case. used one but generally hives still plenty heavy for the time being. Lauri

went to local bakery and asked how much would they charge for it. the chap called me back and said one 12.5 kg box was ‎£20.50... :( Lauri

the reason i gave the new box under the main brood was mainly to do with the weather we had at the time. giving it on top or between in my mind would have cooled the nest down too much but giving it underneath gave them an option when to start drawing it out with out the pressure of having to...

Ho did you do with your one size box system this year? I converted some old standard nationals to Rose hive measures (hight 190 mm) and made some new ones out of 18mm plywood. Started with three swarms. 1 of them had two boxes and two had one box at the start. The biggest swarm ended up in...

don't t think they can help with japanese.. :) apparently its a heating related problem as the car heater doesn't start. but still need to translate the message. google translate can't be trusted as it makes very little sense. But thank you anyway :) Lauri

Hi my father in law's car has this error message coming up. Can anyone help me out and put in plain English? Cheers, Lauri

Results of my cell punching adventure - 5 queens, all now mated and laying, 4 out of five are absolute lookalikes, yellow bodies with black bums. fifth one was very dark looking. Daughters of my Buckfast queen. So far the temper hasnt been a problem. Time will tell. Bit of a learning curve...

thought so too. will have give them another one tomorrow. Have done two sets of cell punching. introduced 13 both times and had 4 takes in first patch and 3 in second. not much luck but enough to replace what i need. Lauri

i used to use gas torch but now use instead tesco barbecue lighting cubes with a bit of eggbox carton and then some poplar bark on top. Lauri

checked two nucs which had given QC in. they were to hatch yesterday. Now, one of them had def. queen emerging but what about the other one?

same here, slowest year i have ever had. went through the records and normally had an extraction day half way through the June. Not this year. Lauri

You can always try OSB hive. i am running 12x14 nationals but this year got one OSB going to see how it compares. Lauri

Thanks, next time will do the grafting business.. :)

I have QCs on a comb i need to move into roller cages. In which stage are QC safe to cut out and move ? cheers, Lauri

Lemon grass has worked well for me. But if you want to have a special paste i would mix in one crushed queen to addition to all your ingredients. there is a story about a beekeeper who crushed all the queens he didnt need on certain fence post and most of the swarms he had were clustering onto...