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My first winter of keeping bees I had this small issue of the damn fondant making a right mess as I'm trying to stuff it into my hive having been given the wonderful advice of spreading it across the top of my frames. You see, I don't have bee space above my frames and me being new to...

Dad's Army feature film announced, Bill Nighy to star as Sergeant Wilson. Er.... no. Totally no. Sorry but the original cast are simply too iconic to ever be replaced, however good Bill Nighy and co are!

Last September I was fortunate enough to acquire a national hive (my first), complete with bees. It was in a bit of a state, hadn't been touched for nearly two years. It was checked, there was no queen excluder and things were generally pretty untidy. I was advised, among other things, to place...

This will probably seem a silly question to those in the know, but please keep in mind that I have never done anything like this before and am planning my first hive for next year. I have set about making a couple of Nuc's, do they require a Clearer Board? I've made Crown Boards, complete with...

So off I trundle to our local timber merchants to get a couple of pieces of wood I'm short of. On my way I pass Homebase and figure it'll save me a couple of miles drive if I can pick it up from there, and in I go... I find the timber section and root out a couple of decent looking lengths of...

Hello to all, This is my first post. I am a complete novice to bee-keeping, though I have lurked around the site for quite a while (it's been an excellent resource to my learning curve, thanks to all the regular contributors) and I have joined our local BKA. I am planning my first hive for next...