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You can enter the County. The Regulations simply state what must be included on the label. They do not prohibit adding any other words.

You have the right not to incriminate yourself. i.e. Go "No comment" Just like they claim the 5th amendment in the U.S.

If you had gone ahead and not mentioned sublimation one of the audience is bound to have asked you during question time about it. Then what? refused to answer or go on to explain about Api-Bioxal and sublimation by Oxalic crystals and make it clear that the latter is illegal. It is not illegal...

"Why the OP chose to post here rather than doing the obvious thing of talking to all those concerned is beyond me ... maligning a small and generally ethical association in the process. Phil" I chose to post here to find out from a moral stand point what the general feeling of the beekeeping...

I received a call last night from a beekeeper who told me that he was calling as a matter of courtesy to let me know that another beekeeper was putting 12 hives into the farmers field where I have kept my bees for several years. The beekeeper who phoned me said they were disease free, that there...

As you live in Brighton the recent cold weather should make minimal difference to the build up of your colonies.

Do not have facebook and no intention of joining.

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Every year there are predictions of a bad winter. Even if your doomsday scenario comes to fruition there is no need for added insulation on poly hives. If there is deep snow that will provide additional insulation. I remember the so called bad winters of the early sixties. They were hardly artic...

I never have problems with wasps. Simply maintain strong colonies.

At £105 for a day's course is very expensive and insufficient time to learn sufficient information or skills to start beekeeping. For a fraction of the price join your local beekeeping association and start one of their courses. Our local one was £60.00 but for that you not only got tuition over...

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I live in the South i.e.Hampshire and rely on Ivy for building up winter stores. Never had problems (last 5 years) in the bees using it.

Can I use the cigarette lighter from my car with the necessary extension? Obviously I would keep the engine running to avoid depleting the car battery. I have read several threads on the forum and each has suggested using a car battery but if I can use the cigarette lighter for power it would...

I use builders insulation material which has same insulation properties as celotex and kingspan. Much cheaper and flexible.

What comb/box management system do you use to delay/prevent swarming?

This is what you said. no mention of nucs! sorry not psychic. "I know some beginners will be tearing their hair out trying to dissolve 2kg of granulated cane sugar into 1 litre of water to make syrup which they can feed to their bees at the moment....so here's how I do it pour: 2 litres of...

Why feed at all? As a beginner you will not be running a commercial operation and therefore are not subject to the necessity of taking most of the honey from a hive to make a living. I think you should leave sufficient honey in the hive for them to survive the winter. Only if there are...

Suggest you read ROB Manley's book Honey farming for anyone thinking of going into beekeeping on a commercial basis. Available free online on Beesource. His best point is that you need both capital and experience at the same time otherwise your capital will be exhausted by the time you have...

Put in Compost Bin.