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I have just spoken to Ecostat direct an they sell a Honey warming kit (thermostate controller and 100W heating element) for £78 inc delivery. 100W will heat two 20lb buckets but you can add 4 more heating elements because the contoller is 500W.

Just a few pics of my bees.

A fab day and if you were unable to go this year put it in you'r diary for 2014. We had 5 members from the Bodmin group attend,we plan to rear Queens as a group so everyone can learn together.Well done to everyone involved!:thanks:

Welcome Rodrigo, I look foward to learning about how you keep bees in spain.bee-smilliebee-smilliebee-smillie

Moved one of my Hives to a sheltered position and checked stores on others. A beautiful day in Cornwall hope you all had the same,Happy new yearbee-smilliebee-smilliebee-smillie

Finman I overwinter my bees in a National brood box above a super of stores on a OMF,above the crown board I have an insulated quilt. I feed the bees Ambrosia and syrup in september if they dont have a full super and plenty of stores in the Brood box. Two of my Hives are BuckfastxCerropia Queens...

Derekm they were flying mainly between 10.00 and 12.00 but up to 15.00. The nearest town is Fowey.

Hello Charalampos:nature-smiley-013:

Hi Finman,a very valid point the bees were on cleansing flights and a few new bees on their first flight. I only gave fondant because they were very low on stores and two colonies are not Native bees so go through stores very quickly. I think I will now sit back and calm down and wait for...

Just watched them out and about today,put a container of fondant on last week as I suspect they are using their stores because they keep on flying:hairpull: