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fantastic pic steve - you should send this one up for the countryfile calendar!

I guess one of those mini butane blow torches wil be useful for lighting the kitty litter, got one lurking in the back of the cupboard. ( the sort you use in the kitchen to make the top of your creme brulee crunchy!) ps - johnandyrob - the used stuff makes fab compost!!!!

Just a thought - I notice that th**nes sell "smoker pellets" - quite expensive and looks uncannily like wood pellet cat litter - cheapy cheapy £2.80 for 10 litres from my local supermarket (the green one) might be worth a whirl.... has anyone tried this? I'll see how it burns and report back...

This is interesting - just been reading this paper from the US about a parasitic fly, Apocephalus borealis, which attacks bumblebees, it has 'jumped' host species and is affecting honeybees. The fly lays its eggs in the bee, which disorientates it and causes it to leave the hive at night. The...

the possiblities are endless - dehydrated water in a swimming pool - you wouldn't get wet! if you could have it on tap, you'd never need a towel, a hairdryer, a washing line....

here's an excellent christmas cake recipe - my favourite :cheers2: (especially suitable for vegetarians) 1 Assemble the following items: 1 cup of water, 1 cup of sugar, 4 large brown eggs, 2 cups of dried fruit, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 cup of brown sugar, lemon juice, 1 cup of nuts and 1 bottle...

heaven's to betsy! whatever is dehydrated water? i could sell that on ebay -instant water - just add water! have you lot been in the bar all afternoon? :cheers2:

:eek: you are going to get 25,000 individually wrapped bees in your christmas stocking..... ;)

:iagree: Especially if you're a lil ol' veggie like me! but I have to put my hands up and say... i might be cruel to varroa and cat fleas, and does eating live (soya) yoghurt count? perhaps we are all thinking too hard, anyone having a party? :party:

When i was little, the boy next door used to like pulling the wings off bees - now that was cruel. As a newbee, I ponder ...... are bees more susceptable to disease because we take their lovely honey and feed them cheap nasty sugar instead? ....If i'd spent all day cooking up something lovely...

i've got the haynes book - £13.89 on Am**n (it's £19.99 at th***es) it does look so much more "readable" than other books. the poly beer box is next on the list!

AHA! my dad had this very same problem as a surprise swarm moved in before the hive was fully constructed! a friendly local beek did just this - wired the comb into a frame. these 2 frames are now on the outside of the brood box and there is brace/bridge comb all over the place as these two...

:iagree: ...but if you used the nuc box for your cider would you then have to individually giftwrap the bees? that could bothersome :laughing-smiley-014:laughing-smiley-014

think i'm going to have to read up on nuc boxes - when i've seen beeks with those little polystyrene boxes i just thought they were for keeping your beer cold! :party-smiley-050::party::cheers2:

you can make a landrover out of cardboard tubes and coathangers? that is impressive - you should be on blue peter! :) you lot are funny, i like it here!

hmmm yes - i like it! i'll get 3 and we'll all have one each!

hi dan - good idea, my dad isn't a big reader but he when he does it's usually a haynes!! didn't know they did a bee one though, and he likes bill turnbull too! i've just ordered this on "a well known book site" with a few spare frames and foundation thrown in this should be just the job! his...

oiks! is the first hive likely to swarm in the second year? soooo much to learn so little time! yes, extra frames and foundation would be useful too, i guess there's always the chance that they will break in the spinny-thing! bee-smillie

he's been v lucky actually,he hadn't planned on getting bees until next season but he was taken by suprise, no sooner was the hive set up than a swarm arrived, and they are sooo gentle we don't even use the smoker - he has books (not much of a reader though) the pollen guide sounds good though...