Nasanov gland.

[Gilberdyke John]

what plonker sets these rules? I am amazed at peoples propensity to need and obey ridiculous "rules"

Try reading the "Beekeeping Study Notes" book for even more irritating prose. Matchsticks anyone?

 

[Cazza]

I always keep mine in my hand -. After a while you won't notice it's there.

That's why when I fell off the stepladder holding a full bait hive and the hive tool, I was still holding the tool (and hive) when I landed on the floor. Ouch!
Cazza

 

[masterBK]

The author of "Beekeeping Study Notes" is not a BBKA examiner (& has not been a BBKA Basic assessor for several decades) so make of that what you will.

 

[Binge]

JenkinsBrynMair's sig sums it up quite nicely: It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously - Oscar Wilde

There must be a Monty Python sketch to go with this, with John Cleese saying, "Now remember to hold your hive tool at all times!"

But it does make you wonder. If you ask 4 bee-keepers for an opinion, you get at least 4 answers. How on earth did they ever manage a book of rules!?

Morning all.

 

[kazmcc]

That's why when I fell off the stepladder holding a full bait hive and the hive tool, I was still holding the tool (and hive) when I landed on the floor. Ouch!
Cazza

Ouch! Surely you would pass the exam for that alone!!