What did you do in the Apiary today?

[The Poot]

Is there such a thing?

There wasn’t in my day. Like JB it was all literature. Major poets, Modern authors, Shakespeare and ….to spoil it all, Chaucer in olde English.

 

[JamezF]

it was late in my defence. I did try all sorts of spellings but bearing didn't look right. I didn't do English Language A level in my defence

No defence required. I'm sure we all do the same once in a while. Rarely with such comedic effect however

James

 

[JamezF]

There wasn’t in my day. Like JB it was all literature. Major poets, Modern authors, Shakespeare and ….to spoil it all, Chaucer in olde English.

Horrors! Prelude to the Canterbury Tales in ye olde English. Scarred for life, I was. That was for O Level though. I ran away from such things for A Levels and did double maths, physics and art.

James

 

[alancooper]

Harvested Ivy honey. Supers crammed and all capped, with brood boxes also heavy. Nadired single brood boxes, with wet supers from Summer honey harvest, to provide sufficient space for bees and honey from foraging Ivy.

 

[The Poot]

Horrors! Prelude to the Canterbury Tales in ye olde English. Scarred for life, I was. That was for O Level though. I ran away from such things for A Levels and did double maths, physics and art.

James

Same here. The rules were that you had to pass in all four papers to gain an A level certificate. I did well in three of them, failed Chaucer horribly and was awarded an O level pass for my trouble. So, you wives of Bath, out there, I have a bone to pick with you!

 

[Erichalfbee]

Chaucer came in to the curriculum in the year behind me, thank God. I too abandoned English at O level for chemistry physics botany and zoology.

 

[pargyle]

Chaucer came in to the curriculum in the year behind me, thank God. I too abandoned English at O level for chemistry physics botany and zoology.

I loved English Language and did well at O level ... did quite well in Literature as well (David Copperfield, Tennyson and Browning and Twefth Night, Midsummers Night Dream and The Scottish Play - I can still quote most of them ! - but it leaves a scar) but English Lit was the only option at A Level and i really didn't enjoy constant analysis of someone else's writing so I too opted to drop English and I ended up with Geography, Maths and Chemistry at A Level with woodwork in my spare time. So many more options came along in the few years after I left school and went to college ... I often wonder wbere a different course would have taken me.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I wanted to be a vet from the age of 8. I was pretty focused on that.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I often wonder wbere a different course would have taken me.

My younger sister was a photographer latterly on a local paper. She left school midway through sixth form, much to the disappointment of my father, to work as a dogsbody for a london fashion photographer in the “Swinging Sixties.” At 40 she took a mature degree and went into teaching, ending up as a primary school head with a stonking pension.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

decided to brave the constant drizzle and popped up the range to feed the hives up there - haven't been there since a week ago last Tuesday and tomorrow is a shooting day so grasped the nettle (apt phrase really). Usually I can risk feeding without the bees taking much notice but as the bees up there tend to be a bit more 'in your face' I decided to put a suit on. Hive number one was fine but hive #2 (again, that particular stand!!) tumbled out looking for a fight, and like a row of dominoes, every other hive followed suit. Even in the rain, the apiary was full of bees spoiling for a fight.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Ouch!

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Gosh

Haven't posted in this bit for yonks

The day began with a visit to 15 hives I run on a contract basis in Hampshire to top up feeders for a 2nd time. All good. Then on to a landowner in Ascot who agreed the site for the Heather in the New Forest earlier in the year. I arrived baring gifts

Reminded me of going to the local barbers for a haircut as a youth. There was always a stock of "reading material" to pass the time while waiting. One magazine had a few pages with a headline about a young Greek lady baring gifts. Very nice they were too.

 

[Erichalfbee]

We have four days of lovely weather forecast. Bees are hammering the Ivy and a couple of the busiest colonies are absolutely nailed down already. I’m tempted to put supers on them!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Reminded me of going to the local barbers for a haircut as a youth. There was always a stock of "reading material" to pass the time while waiting.

sounds like Jim the one eyed barber in the neighbouring village - he always had a good stock of superior quality magazines.
You came out looking like your head had got caught in a mower with blunt blades
always a full room waiting their turn though.

 

[Superlativesoul]

And the absolutely brilliant bit of engineering is the automatic OA dispenser - I've got Argyle Enterprises design team working on a cheapo knock off version of the dispenser for the mere mortals who can't afford £35 ... it has to be better than weighing out 2.5gms, putting the measured dose into a container and then tipping it into the gasvap or varrox. Watch this space ....

How much Oa would you administer for a 6 frame Nuc
Cheers John.

 

[Erichalfbee]

How much Oa would you administer for a 6 frame Nuc
Cheers John.

I would give them 2g
That’s what my nucs are getting

 

[Superlativesoul]

I would give them 2g
That’s what my nucs are getting

Thanks for that
John

 

[Murox]

Took advantage of the warm weather and break in the storms and rain to finish treatments and feed in out apiary this morning. Not a single bee flying. One, a double brood, was so heavy I really couldn't heft it at all. popped the crown to a box of relaxed bees in the upper box with lots of stores and pulled the strips out.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

How much Oa would you administer for a 6 frame Nuc
Cheers John.

I would give them 2g
That’s what my nucs are getting

anything between 1.7 to 2 grammes, although I've given them a full 2.5g hit before now without causing any harm

 

[Somerford]

Reminded me of going to the local barbers for a haircut as a youth. There was always a stock of "reading material" to pass the time while waiting. One magazine had a few pages with a headline about a young Greek lady baring gifts. Very nice they were too.

ah that specialist gentleman's reading material