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Had same sort of problems when I had an Octavia Estate found the final problem to be the black box that connects to the ECU it is positioned under the vent at the back of the bonnet and can fill with water.Changed black box and ECU and reprogrammed myself.Saved myself a few pounds.

Resisted it for years but now we have a plug in hybrid car its worth having just to get the reduced rate electric.

I wont have to bother the fox had all my chickens and we've decided it will not be worth having anymore.One less chore for me.

Think a lot of the hedge cutting is down to the farmers mindset some cut the hedge down to an inch of its life others only cut when required. A lot of it stems from the EU grant system. Hopefully now times are harder for farmers we will see less waste of time,fuel and money.

I very rarely cut the hedges around our fields so usually plenty of forage, but this year has been so up and down with the weather that the bees have been unable to get much for days on end.Yesterday even though it was raining they were all over the ivy.

Bit of a boomarang year this year last inspection the hives were very low on stores today they were pretty full.plenty of ivy in flower with us but they seem to be all over the weeds growing in my garden dead nettle I think. Worst inspection of the year all the hives were really stroppy lucky I...

So much for leaving full supers on over winter checked the bees and most needed feeding so that plan has gone out of the window.

I use long nitrile gloves with sleeve protectors just to stop them crawling down into the glove.

I have the same problem ,my solution is to have a large plastic container in the wheelbarrow .I put the container in a large plastic bag and transfer the frames one by one shaking the bees off before putting them into the box. I know its a bit of a faff but after fracturing my spine it's the...

This year has been a good year for honey for myself and I don't really need to take any more off so was thinking of leaving it on the hives over winter. My problem is there are supers partailly full how do I get the bees to take it down into the main part of the hive.This will be a job for the...

Took off more honey yesterday as I,ve run out of supers and had to start using brood boxes which I,ve now run out of as well. Who said this year would be a bad year it's my best year ever.

Bees bringing in loads at the moment bramble and I noticed today the Rosebay Willow herb is in flower.

Biggest problem that I,ve found is the new fuel rots the fuel pipes,probably due to more Ethanol.

Run out of supers yesterday so had to use a brood box instead,hopefully the bees will start capping some of the frames soon as one hive is getting too tall for me and my back.

Got home today from North Wales and my neighbour rung to say there was a swarm in a Budliea bush on the side of the farm yard.Went up and had a look, lovely swarm at chest hieght,by the time I had gone home put on my beesuit put a box in the wheel barrow and wheeled it up the road they had...

Last of the Hawthorn in flower. This one tree always flowers two or three weeks after all the rest have finished.

I gave up with queen excluders years ago as I found some small queens can still get through. You could always use a super frame between two brood frames if you need to do a split,they will just draw more comb below the super frame .You can swap it out later if needed.

Very rarely if ever see the queens in my hives and don't bother making a point of finding her.If there is healthy brood in all stages and no queen cells then thats good enough for me.

Took off first honey of the year yesterday,the bees are bringing in loads at the moment. Still on the Hawthorn but some just starting on the Bramble.

Did my first split of the year yesterday.The bees are filling up all the supers but nothing much capped. I've ordered some more foundation as per normal didn't prepare over winter.