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First grafts of the 2024 season done today, 400 cells. Let's hope for some decent weather for the first round of matings.

The quoted "going rate" sucks, and isn't relevent where the owner wants to make money. That's exactly why I put those figures on it. The owner wants to make money at the beekeepers expense ! They either pay a decent rate or do it themselves.

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You charge £250 per hive per annun, for management PLUS any costs for feed,treatments, replacement frames and wax. They keep ALL the production, if any. You charge additionally for extraction and bottling £1.50 per lb Survival of the colonies is not guaranteed, they bare any costs of...

It all depends.... On the state of the colony, your aims for it going forward and prevailing weather conditions. At this time of year if pollen stocks are low, poor weather prevents collection and you want to maintain or increase brood production then feed pollen supplement.

I wish you well with this. Hopefully you'll get the result you want/need.

Could be something fired from a catapult.

Quality matters. We buy all of ours (which is a lot) from Peter Kemble of KBS. In my opinion it's the highest quality available in the UK. Looks great, smells lovely and the bees never fail to draw it quickly. You will pay a bit more, but it's worth it. Even as a commecial operation it's...

You could always sell in Harrods ! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13122023/750-jar-honey-Harrods-shoppers-22-carat-gold-lettering.html AUSTRALIAN RARE : https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/shopping/australian-rare-the-jewel-ta25-karri-raw-honey-gift-box-250g-21122961 The Jewel TA25+ Karri...

Using Ultrabee Powder. To make Patties, mix with hot water, granulated sugar and rape seed oil. Message me for a spreadsheet to calculate the correct mix. To mix larger volumes purchase a small electric concrete/plaster mixer. It's very hard to mix by any other method. Each Patty =0.5Kg lasts...

Draw any foundation requirements the previous season and store, or better to say draw foundation this year ready for next. Obviously drawing wax is very energy intensive so you will lose honey production.

I think we will see a continuation of disturbed weather patterns, thus a prediction is impossible other than to say don't expect anything better than an average year. Just reported today : Britons should prepare themselves for an unpredictable March, as a “significant disruption to Polar Vortex”...

Appart from the beekeeping duties, you are just going to be a goffer. No doubt the contract offered will have ill defined duties, get this nailed down excluding anything you really don't wish to do. if you end up renting the cottage offered, they have you by the balls !

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VAT is not applicable to the sale of bees as they are livestock. No VAT is applicable to the travel box as this is required to "safely and humanely transport" the bees to their final destination.

This all depends.... Bees bought from established well respected commercial suppliers will always be more expensive than those supplied by hobbyists, associations or friends and for good reason. Cost of production, overheads and profit plus provenance and reputation together with guidance and...

Soya is best left out of formulations all together, even though many claim to use it without issues that they can determine. This ignores the effects of the antinutrional factors associated and subclinical effects of innappropriate feeds.

If you MUST go down this route, which I would strongly discourage, the following is the only option worth consideration. HP300 from Hamlet Protein, unfortunately I'd be very surprised if you can find just a couple of kg for sale.

Glue sticks for use in glue guns are not created equal, they all have different properties depending on the materials you are sticking and the environments the product might encounter. Items may appear stuck, but come appart if you do not use the right stick. The people at Glue Guns Direct are...

Two frame national nucs work well as long as you are on top of the timings, once a queen starts laying it will run out of room rapidly. Same applies to Apidea and the like, timing is everything and management has to be spot on to avoid disasters. It seems you are preparing to take on an awfull...