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Want to buy an oxalic vaporiser for use this winter. Does anyone have any recommendations as to a low cost unit capable of running on a 3S lipo along with a suitable gas mask.

Went last week to remove my rape crop but found the majority of the frames are still not ripe having done a shake test. The query I now have is how long should I leave the honey for the bees to complete the ripening process? Given the last few days have seen a down turn in the temperature not...

Each season I find my honey buckets and settling tank have developed a black mold on the inside. How can this be prevented?

Wasps are now out and flying, killed a queen which must have over wintered in my house, so that one less colony to worry about!

About to construct an observation hive using a standard flat pack national brood box. Thought I would simply rout out an internal recess for the glass and then cut through to form the aperture. Intention is then this would provide a side view of all the frames. What I wish to explore is the...

Has anyone identified a suitable motor on #bay to convert a manual extractor? Unsure of speed range or indeed size for a 2 frame radial. Aware one could use an electric drill but looking for something more suitable.

Majority of my rape crop from 2 hives has set firm in the frames. Is there anything I can do with it to allow extraction or feed back to the bees?

Has anyone experience of converting a standard National Brood box as a double nuc by putting a more substantial dummy frame as a central divider to the box? Would also split the cover board into two equal parts. Floor would also have to be modified to allow for separate entrances perhaps on the...

Have all my hives in a rural location on farm land and suffer from all my crop being contaminated by Oil Seed Rape (OSR). Whilst I accept the early spring crop will be from OSR, is there a method of trying to get a mid summer crop of clear honey? Moving the hives is not an option so open to...

Just taken off my first late summer crop which has been strained through a coarse and fine mesh filter. The resultant honey has still a lot of particulates, presumably pollen in suspension. Should I re-filter using a fine cloth or just leave the honey to settle out? If the advice is to filter...

Ok your called to a swarm and find they are in the fabric of a house. If they cant be removed does the law permit a Pest Control Officer to kill the bees?

Made a quick visit to my three hives this afternoon which are all co-located to check all was well after the gales we have just had. Found one of my hives had bees coming and going which is the first time I have seen then flying this year but no sign of any activity from the other two...

Having sold all my honey this year produced from 3 national hives, now wondering if I should expand. Interested to know on average how many hives people run. Aware there seems to be many who run multiple hives but what is the average per beek in the UK ran as a hobby rather than a business?

A friend at work suggested I may wish to produce manuka honey as the price in the shops are very expensive. This got me thinking that he may be right and a quick search revealed you can purchase the plant here in the UK. Has anyone tried to replicate or colonial friends benefits of this plant?

Tried to filter my main main season crop but it will not go through the Th~~~s nylon filter. Have pre-warmed the honey to 48C, should I have set the temperature higher? Do need to filter the honey as currently it has a dull grey appearance.

After extracting I have saved the water I used to clean up the surplus honey from the extraction gear. Can this be fed back to the same bees the honey came from?

Having problems filtering my rape seed oil honey through a fine mesh cloth from Th**ns. Warmed the honey for 24hrs at 48C but the honey refuses to run through at an acceptable rate. Do I return the honey to the warming cabinet and perhaps increase the temperature slightly or give up any...

Looking for some advice regarding setting up an group to buy an extractor. Do such groups work and what if any are the pitfalls? The next problem is what to buy. Looking for a unit made in stainless steel and probably hand cranked suitable for National frames.