What did you do in the Apiary today?

[BeeJayBee]

Thanks. I understand your reasoning.

Here, at least where I live, we try to keep hives higher off the ground because it can be damp. Better air flow beneath the hive keeps it dryer. We don't have anywhere near as much snow as you do.

 

[Itchy]

Thanks. I understand your reasoning.

Here, at least where I live, we try to keep hives higher off the ground because it can be damp. Better air flow beneath the hive keeps it dryer. We don't have anywhere near as much snow as you do.

Now you've done it! ...... best go and buy a shovel

 

[user 6228]

...
And if the hive is close to the ground, and sitting in snow, cold can't get under the hive...so warmer.

No i wont rise to that one

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

And if the hive is close to the ground, and sitting in snow, cold can't get under the hive...so warmer.

No i wont rise to that one

So PeteD's lincolnshire farmers tradition of dropping their keks and plonking their bare a*ses on the ground to see if the soil is fit for planting is a bit misguided then?

 

[user 6228]

So PeteD's lincolnshire farmers tradition of dropping their keks and plonking their bare a*ses on the ground to see if the soil is fit for planting is a bit misguided then?

Nor rise to this one either

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Nor rise to this one either

No fun anymore is it Derek?

 

[user 6228]

No fun anymore is it Derek?

It can be a thankless task trying to prevent heat flow crimes

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

It can be a thankless task trying to prevent heat flow crimes

Have a word with SWMBO - insists on sleeping with the bedroom window open!!

Might leave her in off the balcony as a treat Christmas time

 

[Pete D]

So PeteD's lincolnshire farmers tradition of dropping their keks and plonking their bare a*ses on the ground to see if the soil is fit for planting is a bit misguided then?

And the Welsh method of ensuring sheep have a thick enough fleece around their back end to survive the winter sat behind walls by getting up behind them and plunging a measuring stick in.......... is in effective too ?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

And the Welsh method of ensuring sheep have a thick enough fleece around their back end to survive the winter sat behind walls by getting up behind them and plunging a measuring stick in.......... is in effective too ?

Only if the stick is long enough - unfortunately got mine caught in a barn door a few years ago.......leaving me with a 10" stump

 

[dpearce4]

Only if the stick is long enough - unfortunately got mine caught in a barn door a few years ago.......leaving me with a 10" stump

 

[Heather]

Had to go back and read some previous posts... mind was boggling...Men's medical wards must have been chilly years back..sheep were safe

Must be the bee keeper silly season coming around... go and clean up some frames, you shameless lot..

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Association show this evening
Got first and second for my light honeys, third for medium (still a bit runny due to me forgetting to get it out of the warming cabinet until late last night)
First and third for my wax cake, second for my six wax blocks (should have filtered the wax one more time!) SWMBO got second for her cake and in a tie break my flapjacks came second as the judge preferred the coarser oats of the entry that won.
Going to find some laurels to rest on now before my assesment for a foreign assignment job tomorrow (basically I'm applying for a missionary position!)

 

[REDWOOD]

Well done you put a lot of hard work into it and deserve 1st prize

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[pargyle]

I would expect nothing less JBM ... a fine result on all fronts ... well done.

 

[VEG]

Nice one JBM


Craig

 

[Luminos]

Congrats JBM and good luck with the missionary position

 

[pargyle]

Congrats JBM and good luck with the missionary position

Guide me oh thou Great Bee Deemer ! Pilgrim to a foreign land ...

With apologies to William Williams ...

And of course to Cwm Rhondda ....

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

With apologies to William Williams ...

And of course to Cwm Rhondda ....

And what about Delilah (although they all sound just the same)

 

[Limousin Lass]

OK it was Tuesday, not today but I Hefted the hives, shut down the mouse guards to 2" and propped plywood against the fronts.
Ground temps of -5 are in the 10 day meteo, though the Snow that was forecast looks less or we might miss it all together.