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A member of my associations has a hive of nasty bees in a friends garden. He plans to deal with them tomorrow evening, they are free to anyone who can deal with them. Call me 01400 261116 Steve.

I'm planning on doing a split on one of my hives when strong enough for a beginner friend. I want to give them the best start varroa wise as I can, how long after vapourising can supers be added? And what about timings of treatment whilst raising and mating a queen?

A free talk for those long dark winter evenings. Nottinghamshire and Sleaford Beekeepers Present Mike Palmer & Ivor Flatman on the 24th of February -2015, 6.30pm. “The Sustainable Apiary” & “Exotic Pest Update” Newark Rugby Club Kelham Road Newark, Notts NG24 1WN. http://sbka.me.uk/586-2/

I'm having a few problems with my extractor. It an old Thorne 12 frame jobby with a motor underneath. Shortly after I bought it 2nd hand the old friction drive wore out so I decided to replace this with gears and a speed control unit. It's currently too fast so I may have to go back to the...

I would like to thanks those who answered my questions a couple of weeks ago. I have managed to get started on our new website. http://sbka.me.uk It's still a works in progress. Any thoughts and criticisms will be gratefully ignored.

I have offered to take on our districts website. I plan to start from scratch. Can any recommend a good template and free host. Our current host is 110mb.com who are having a few troubles.

I am considering disposing of one spare colony in our local beekeeping auction on 29th march. I have read the FERA leaflet on selling nucs as basic guidance. Does anyone have any suggestions as how best to prepare them over the next month.

Just notice the first Hazel flowers out today. Pollen just blowing in the wind, no bees venturing out today.

I'm having trouble with an ebay purchase. It has not been delivered and the seller has not replied to any of my messages. I intend to leave negative feed back for the first time. What is going on with the feed back on ebay? A lot of people leave negative messages yet still rate it as a positive...

I put a mated queen into a mini nuc while I used her hive for queen rearing. She and her entourage absconded about a week ago, despite the disc on the nuc being set to keep her in. Just found her today in a hopelessly queen less split at the other end of the apiary. Shame she is surplus to...

Was introduced to the beekeeper lite app yesterday so not had chance to use it yet, but might be a useful tool.

Isn't it time for the snowman and the Santa bee at the top of the page to be replaced by something more spring like? A nice big smiley sun perhaps?:nature-smiley-011:

At b@@kers till the 16th April.

I am trying to get an old Burco, what is the minimum capacity people are using to steralise BS deep frames? Is a 20 litre one big enough? I realise I will have to turn them.

I'm planning on planting a few Lime trees, am I correct in assuming that it is the Small leaved lime that is much loved by our bees.

10 Typhoons, 9 in red arrows diamond style formation. I know it was rumoured that the red arrows may be getting them, is anyone out there in the know? Is it just me that thinks perhaps in these austere times, when we struggle to afford to feed our bees through the summer, that maybe they should...

All this talk of dogs and chickens got me thinking (as one is encouraged to do round these parts), chickens have the British Hen Welfare Trust and Greyhounds Have The Greyhound Trust, but there is nothing for the queen bee. My feeling is that if the British public were to get wind of the...