Some pics to amuse and even inform?

[Vergilius]

PH,

Brill pics. Were the skeps you showed us in post 32 owned by you? If so, did you find any advantages in using straw hives over wooden ones with frames?


Ben P

 

[Poly Hive]

No Ben I have never owned a skep and no there is no advantage over a proper hive that I am aware of.

More honey show...

 

[Liam C Ryan]

Excellent photos, are they father and son

 

[Poly Hive]

No the other chap was Mathew Allen I think... straining the memory bank.

shop Window class.

A range of honey colours.

Wax.

 

[BKF Admin]

beautiful pictures PH.
Keep them coming,I will make an album for them and do a backup so the forum always has them to view

 

[Poly Hive]

Section class and shop window.

and of course the Mouse Guard!

PH

 

[Poly Hive]

Some hives abroad, Germany?

Craibstone in Winter with the Scale shed. (Hive in there on Avery scale)

Wax.

PH

 

[YorkshireBees]

A real pleasure to browse through al these lovely and interesting photos!
Keep up the great work.
Thanks

 

[Poly Hive]

Craibsone in Spring, note that there is some sponge reducing the entrance.

Blurred shot of bee on crocus.

A nucleus that has come through winter.

PH

 

[Poly Hive]

Bee on snow.

Bernard investigating a poly.

Nothing wasted.

Another apiary.

 

[Poly Hive]

Craibsone in Winter.

New laid egg. (vertical)

Mouth parts

and a gentleman whose name I have forgotten but who was a very successful shower of honey, notably at the National.

 

[Poly Hive]

We are heading into Anatomy which is not my field so I will upload and you can enjoy working it all out.... LOL

And the proud inventor of the Concrete hive, which failed in service. Cold and damp making it a nosema palace.

 

[Poly Hive]

That's it for tonight folks...

PH

 

[tonybloke]

some fantastic images! thanks PH, Keep 'em coming, I say!!

 

[Poly Hive]

A top class candle display belonging to I think John Mellis.

A Poly "National" of the old style using a Smith top bar and I (think) taken to show drone laying.

A wiper...LOL

PH

 

[Poly Hive]

Another Honey show pic showing nicely the range of colours.

some bits of bees...

 

[Poly Hive]

More bits....

 

[Poly Hive]

Bee bits,

Bernard grafting.

Spring clear out from National.

 

[Poly Hive]

Bee bits

TBH of some sort.

A bonny comb.

 

[BKF Admin]

Thats an interesting pic 2 above of the frame,a waste of space but very natural looking.