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Bought a couple of these for my Grandson (only 9 years old ) last year and wanted to add a couple more to it as he finds them easy to use. Don't need frames. I can arrange courier pick up - would prefer if they were in the flat. Please PM me to diiscuss.

Given all the wet weather we have had this winter I decided to have a look at the bee diary from my apiary over the past four or five seasons. Last year 2023 we had a great honey harvest/flow in the spring but this was in May, not April and I had written that the weather had been cold - 13/14C...

I have kept bees for a long time and have my own ideas BUT my nephew has asked as a beginner (moving to Cornwall) what hive he should use. I find it a bit difficult to give a definitive answer and know the advantages and disadvantages of the different types. In retrospect - what would the more...

I am currently producing an economic uncapper which I have used personally. All food safe and easily used. Comes complete with the collecting drip and wax box and lid. See the photos below

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67741957 If you're going to spill glucose en masse please do it in the autumn!! However it is reported on our local BBC news tonight that the authorities are having a hell of a job clearing this up - several hundred litres of the stuff. I...

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Just wondered if many are going to the Honey Show at Sandown next week?

I have two points of discussion (more may come up!!) regarding the use of drone foundation. Firstly does anyone use it in supers as generally it seems to be worker brood comb foundation used. Secondly, does having one frame of sacrificial drone comb in the brood box help with varroa control...

I successfully did this conversion on my 9 frame radial extractor (up to a point) this year but you have to be really careful with the cordless drill as any rapid stop using the keyless chuck on the cordless drill does not allow any free wheeling so I had a rapid release connector to pull off...

Beebox national supers from Paradise . Seems these are currently out of stock - anyone out there have any second hand. Reasonable condition would be OK. For my grandchldren getting into bees - they have some of these already PM me

I took a nuc from a hive last weekend (now 4 days ago . It's as busy as can be as I made sure it had plenty of bees but removed it from the apiary and took it home hence the flying bees too. Not certain if the queen is in the nuc or the parent colony as I did not see/find her. However I am...

I know that tin plate extractors and settling tanks are a thing of the past and stainless steel is the norm but is aluminium OK to use when handling honey. Just asking

Logged on and everything is coming up translated into Chinese. Like their adulterated honey we don't need it!!

This came up on an email but what is it for (apart from catching beekeepers). https://trenz.co.uk/product/3-layer-beekeeping-cage/

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/624402?reveal_response=yes Flim flam.......................

Looking at the labelling machines I notice that the Swienty manual labeller requires the roll of labels to be in a line rather than one below the other. Has anyone got a supplier who does it this way or are there options offered. If I fitted my labels using the Swienty the label will go on the...

AS the result of a chat with someone in our Division I thought that I would ask here. A queen can die/be killed for a number of reasons but what about starvation. Would a viable queen be supported and fed by the colony for as long as possible until all /most of the workers have died and the...

At this time of year there is a lot of discussion about how to store comb eg. wet vs dry etc. A quick note to describe what I do. First get an upright freezer. There are loads of these free on recycle sites. Get one. It doesn't matter if it is not working but great if it is. The drain...

Does anyone have a Maisemore National Poly hive? If so could you let me have the outside dimensions of width and length as I want to make an eke for mine . It is in the apiary about two miles from the house so it would save me a visit. I know it is not the usual 18 x 18" approx of a wooden...

I have some CBPV in the apiary but after the initial distressing "kill" the colony recovers and in general does well. This seems to be a common finding suggesting that the queen is pretty much unaffected while the colony itself suffers. I was wondering if the queen herself does get CBPV or is...