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    God I love growing our own

    very thorny twigs eg rose cuttings stuffed into holes and strewn over plants stops them being eaten
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    'Eco' Tree Hives or disease-bombs in waiting?

    There are are far too many hives in cities and the Apis is not struggling but is harming the survival of all our solitary and Bumblebees
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    God I love growing our own

    grow what is not available in shops, better tastes and value eg Pennard plants https://www.pennardplants.com/
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    Bees for hire? Looking for some advise

    business looking for green creditionals, too many of them think having hives tick that box, too many in London with hives on the roofs for that reason
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    Hello

    I was given a flow hive by a very respected Beekeeper who didn't want it. I used it for 1 year to see what it was like even though my thoughts were plastic and Bees do not go together. after that year I never used it again. When I reported back to the person who gave it to me he remarked I knew...
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    Where do you buy your seeds?

    For interesting heritage seeds Pennard Plants, Heritage Vegetable and flower Seeds, Edible plants and Agapanthus
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    Where do you buy your seeds?

    half supermarket seeds are not wildflower seeds we always buy from Wild Flower Seeds and Seed Mixtures - Emorsgate Seeds they sell seeds suitable for your soils
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    Honey with ‘extras’

    years ago the owner of an international insurance company told me to remember that insurance was legal theft
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    Asian hornet APP

    Not a new app it was launched in 2017, which is when I downloaded it and as we have lots of EU Hornets have been telling everyone about the app since then
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    New Starter for 2024 (Essex)

    At a local event with an observation hive, a couple asked me if you can keep hives on the balcony of a block of flats. As some beekeepers I know do so I said it was not ideal but could be done. 2nd question why did all the Bees die!!! Without posting the whole conversation, they had recieved the...
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    WHO

    smart meters only benefit the suppliers I will nver have one. There is plenty of research infos online about the harm they do
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    Happy New Year

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    Is the Dave-Cushman beekeeping website down?

    opens on chrome for me I get the not secure warning then it opens
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    Double-check my reasoning

    he removed the roof then pointed to the crown board saying this is the queen excluder
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    Double-check my reasoning

    I heard him call the crown board a queen excluder!
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    Is this a Giant Asian Hornet?

    Please get the Asian Hornet App, it has good photos of all UK Hornets with automatic reports if you have an Asian , its free and for iphones and android
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    Eco solution for keeping rodents away from hives

    you need to feed them less only hungry creatures will kill
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    Is this V. Velutina in S France?

    Download the Asain Hornet app, it shows all Hornets and auto reports if you upload an Asain it available for both types of phones Asian Hornet Watch – Apps on Google Play
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    Another Somerset Newby!

    I know several people who once they have done a years course decide Beekeeping is not for them. Also you will be srprised at how much there is to learn and a 1 year coruse in only a starting point. I was at a meeting with several Beekeepers, one of them who kept bees at Buck palace, told us he...
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    Jars and Buckets

    removes all sticky labels
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