What did you do in the Apiary today?

[Nic Rhodes]

bunch of b*$*****

 

[JCD]

We're very proud of our local T...o. They've agreed to donate all damaged bags of sugar to our local association for the bees instead of putting it into the compacter.Started six weeks ago and 7kg so far....all very gratefully received, and an ongoing arrangement.
Why don't you pop into your local T and ask to speak nicely with the Groceries Manager. You
might be lucky like us.

 

[tonybloke]

hefted 3 hives at an out apiary, all very heavy

 

[debzbees]

fed more syrup and gave a dose of homeopathic varroa treatment
...

 

[bees4u]

fed more syrup and gave a dose of homeopathic varroa treatment
...

what is this treatment?

 

[drstitson]

water

 

[Skyhook]

what is this treatment?

Presumably an infetisimally small piece of a mite.

Even if you accept the theory of homeopathy against a microbe, I'm not sure how it would work against a (to a bee) big bity thing. It would be like a postman using a homeopathic remedy against dogs (hair of the dog, anyone?)

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

not a lot

 

[Norton]

Grafted more cells. The ones from 72 hours ago had a 65 take from 70. The heather is flowering and rain is forecast for the next few days after that we can expect good to excellent flow conditions from the heather, ivy and carob.

 

[oliver90owner]

postman using a homeopathic remedy against dogs

Give the dog a bone?

 

[VEG]

put on second apiguard treatment.

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

not a lot

Revised: break in rain so went to check if they still taking down stores. Don't appear to be.

Moved into kitchen to prepare honey chutney for next week's show

 

[Swarm]

Just stood and watched. Bees very busy especially my smallest colony, it's piling in there like high summer.

Prepared jars ready for a Honey fayre.

 

[VEG]

will see you there swarm if its at the apiary

 

[Cazza]

Revised: break in rain so went to check if they still taking down stores. Don't appear to be.

Moved into kitchen to prepare honey chutney for next week's show

Can you post the recipe? Sounds interesting.

Cazza

 

[Onge]

Extracted 6 boxes today.

one box foundation less. Only blew one frame that I thought would go anyway, so not to bad.

I need a beer

 

[Tom Bick]

Went to a friends bee shed I decided it would be good to place super under bb and no need for smoke, removed the super and bb to do the simple switch and then realised wild comb on the bottom of brood frames and would stop it sitting on the super so replaced with super over bb.

Then noticed 1’ eke in the corner of shed me thinks put this on top of super perfect, so we went back in and removed super and bb, placed super on the floor and 1’ eke then bb.

The only problem as we never lit the smoker the bees not very happy with us on this 2nd visit not happy at all.

 

[drstitson]

Autumn Spiced Caramelised Honey Chutney

2 level tsp black peppercorn
1 level tsp whole pickling spice
3lb marrow peeled, seeded and cut into ½ in chunks
1lb ripe tomatoes, skinned and roughly chopped
8oz onions, skinned and roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, skinned and roughly chopped
2 level tsp salt
2 level tsp ground ginger
2 oz sultanas
2lb preserving sugar
8oz granulated sugar
4oz honey
1 ¼ pint of cider or white wine vinegar

Prep time 20 Minutes, cooking time 1hr to 1 ½ hrs
Makes about 4-5 lb

1. Finley crush the peppercorn and allspice in a pestle and mortar or use the end of a rolling pin in a bowl.
2. Put all the ingredients in a preserving pan or large, heavy- based saucepan. Heat gently, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to the boil and boil steadily for about 50 minutes. or until reduced by half. Stir occasionally until caramelised.
3. Allow to cool and place in sterilised jars and cover with jam pot covers.

 

[jakethedog]

Not 'in the apiary' yet, but I will be. Just got back from what should have been nothing more or less than a pleasant walk with the dog but today has turned out to be a little different.

At some point between 8pm yesterday and this morning someone has taken it on themselves to fly tip a load of rubbish on a piece of waste ground. Normally that would really get my back up but this time I find myself caught between righteous indignation and celebration. The cause of this? What looks like half a van full of 100mm foilbacked insulation off cuts -all good sizes too. May need to strap the roofs down with such thick sheets but that's no real hardship.

One man's waste...

 

[Erichalfbee]

Just what I could do with
Last week somebody dumped ten bags of asbestos roofing in the corner of our field.
I reported it and it was gone in 12 hours!