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    Coalville Leicestershire Out Apiaries

    As part of my day job I deal with a lot of farmers, from time to time I get landowners looking for bees, if they are close to me I obviously nab them :cool: However a bit further a field are no use to me so if anyone is interested in land near Coalville I have a contact with 200 acres looking...
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    Lost phone?

    Just thought I'd share what happened today, during my rounds checking the sheep I lost my phone, I didn't realise till it was dark and raining, (luckily the phone has a good cover). I tried in vain to retrace my steps with a torch but considering it was lost along a 1.5mile drive and 3 separate...
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    Nicest days extracting

    Yesterday I had one of the nicest days extracting I have had since I began keeping bees 20 years ago, at the moment some of my bees are 60 miles away from base on borage and I would normally go down take off the supers, come back, extract and then go back down again with the empty supers... not...
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    Hardcore bumblebee porn!

    Whilst extracting at the weekend I notice what I thought was a queen bumble bee being attacked by a honey bee as it flew around the garden, it then crash landed onto a bush nearby so went to have a look and this is what I found: After a 2-3minute break she was off again flying off with...
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    Swarm collection rant

    If people are going to collect swarms please do so in a professional and correct manner where possible. I have now had to go out to 3 'swarms' where when I get there I notice that perhaps someone else has been there before, on asking the caller where the rest are they say oh well so and so has...
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    'Honey Helpers'

    Has anyone else had an email from an annonymous source with just a mobile number offering to buy all your honey? C B
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    Queen availabilty

    Does anyone know of a supplier with spare queens available? I have limited internet (only phone) and searching is proving tough, so yes being lazy! C B
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    Queen availabilty

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    Anyone anygood at electronics?

    Long shot but hey! I basically looking for someone to build me a cheap countdown timer, with a red led display to count down from 60 sec's to zero, it wants to be powered by a 9v battery. I'm wanting to add it to a home made 'steady hand' game that my younger brother is building, (you know the...
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    2mm galvanised wire for sale

    Due to an over order on a job I have 10 reels of 2mm galvanised wire left over, it is 25kg reels and has approx 1000m (yes 1km) of wire per reel. It is excellent for creating a permanent electric fence system, which is what it was purchased for, however it would also be great for training fruit...
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    Broodless & Apiguard

    Firstly a rather odd situation has arrisen in one of my apiaries, 24 out of 25 hives have gone completely broodless, the odd one out has just started to lay again. I have had the odd hive do this at the end of the seaon before but not so many all at once. No other apiary has done it. All had...
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    Langstroth Colonies

    Just testing the water a friend who is downsizing his beekeeping is looking to sell 10 - 12 huge colonies of bee's most on 3 deep boxes some on 4, would anyone be interested, he is only selling the bee's on frames so you'd need to bring your own boxes. If there isn't any demand he will look at...
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    Bees in sealed chimney

    The situation is that a swarm has entered a capped chimney, they have taken advantage of a 7mm hole in the motar around the cap, all the fire places relating to the chimney are blocked up so no smoking them out from below. They only moved in yesterday so they hopefully haven't got to comfy, I...
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    Lincoln auction prices

    Sorry if there is a thread already, but couldn't see one. Did anyone go? What were prices like? C B
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    Premier Foundation for Sale

    As part of my continued trimming up of my spare stock, due to trying to reduce numbers this year i wonder if anyone would be interested in some new, un-opened Th@rnes Premier Foundation, It is all British Standard and all Worker cell. BS Deep x 10 sheets @ £8.00 (WIRED) BS Shallow x 10 sheets...
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    Nuc's and Full National Hives Huntingdon

    Due to other commitments; getting married, getting sheep, getting a house that needs SOOO much doing to it, I have decided to down scale my Hive numbers this year to make life abit more managable. I have 5 x 5-6 frame nucs headed by 2011 queens, I also have 5 x full (11 frame) colonies headed...
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    Honey for sale

    I have noted a few people have started to run out of honey, just to say I have 30lb buckets of honey available, filtered or unfiltered. Send me a PM if you need any, price dependant on volume. Regards C B
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    Wasp hunting

    Having got a bit bored with wasps in the yard getting into anything and everything even remotley associated with honey or bees i spent 40mins watching them fly about and following there path, handily they fly in very straight lines when on the way home, with a bit of patience, good eyesight and...
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    Own up Rutland Beekeepers!!

    Front page of this weeks Rutland Times, who forgot to put their smoker out and burnt their car down!! Quote: 'Bee smoking equipment sparked a fire in a Peugeot 205 on Saturday. The car was severely damaged in the blaze.' This followed an article on how there has been a huge increase in...
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    Barrels to buckets

    Anyone got a bright idea on how to get set honey from a barrel into buckets easily? I'm lucky they are open top barrels not the ones with two small holes. Long story short a buyer who intially wanted OSR honey in 45 gallon drums has changed their mind and now wants it in 30lb...
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