Worst bee-related job

[REDWOOD]

Keeping my smoker smokin

Really, try some bone dry crumbly rotted wood and the smoker will stay lit without even puffing it

 

[REDWOOD]

I don't think there is a job I don't enjoy doing if you compare it to my real job

 

[beebreeder]

Making frames, mixing syrup and a few other things, do you enjoy doing them HM!!!!!!

 

[Hivemaker.]

Making frames, mixing syrup and a few other things, do you enjoy doing them HM!!!!!!

Yes, do a bit of all of it, have to help out as as much as possible.

 

[EKBee]

Boiling old frames in soda to sterilise them
Smelliest job ever

 

[SixFooter]

Having to cull a queen

Mard! You wanna try culling a chicken

 

[alldigging]

Really, try some bone dry crumbly rotted wood and the smoker will stay lit without even puffing it

Or pet sawdust at 49p a packet from the cheapy shops. (Might have been B&Ms)

 

[Alabamaeee]

Agree with Redwood, the best I have found is dry rotted wood. Place pieces in the smoker upright if possible as it leaves a bit of space for air to circulate.

I have never tried the sawdust but I was using a big bag of T's wood chippings which worked OK but tended to block off the air circulating, and there was a lot more tar deposits which quickly clogged up the perforated plate in the smoker lid.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Or pet sawdust at 49p a packet from the cheapy shops. (Might have been B&Ms)

shavings at £5.50 per 33kG plastic wrapped bale

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Making frames, mixing syrup and a few other things, do you enjoy doing them HM!!!!!!

enjoy making frames - as for syrup, that's why I go to the extra expense of invert (saves the headache of reading all the 'sugar bargains' threads as well!, and the perrenial how to make syrup tirades)

Mard! You wanna try culling a chicken

Or a hound
or a calf
or a horse

 

[alldigging]

shavings at £5.50 per 33kG plastic wrapped bale

From?

Sounds like a good price - have seen 25kg bags for about 8 quid. It does all come down to delivery costs though.

(Not that I need that much for my smoker)

 

[madasafish]

enjoy making frames - as for syrup, that's why I go to the extra expense of invert (saves the headache of reading all the 'sugar bargains' threads as well!, and the perrenial how to make syrup tirades)



Or a hound
or a calf
or a horse

Now culling a politician on the other hand....

 

[Fatbee]

Disease control - I know it stresses the bees in the short term when applying treatments; and I always feel guilty about drone culling for varroa control. They produce those drones for a reason and always have a pang of guilt when removing drone brood.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

From?

Sounds like a good price - have seen 25kg bags for about 8 quid. It does all come down to delivery costs though.

(Not that I need that much for my smoker)

A horse bedding supplier near Brough, East Yorkshire. Probably a bit of a long journey for you

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

Doing anything, but especially searching for a queen, with an overly grumpy colony. Still its a job you only have to do once.

 

[alldigging]

A horse bedding supplier near Brough, East Yorkshire. Probably a bit of a long journey for you

Yeah a bit far.
I'm after some straw for my plot so I might try the horse place someone's mentioned to me not far from here. I can have a nosey at what else they have. Don't need any sawdust at the moment but might do by the middle of next year.

 

[Jimmys Mum]

Mard! You wanna try culling a chicken

Yep, hate doing that too. But needs must ......

In fact the last one I did, I was so keen to do it properly with minimum distress to her, I pulled the chicken's head clean off. Bleugh!

 

[Michael Palmer]

Cannot think of anything i dislike, if it is connected to beekeeping, then i enjoy all of the various work that needs to be done.

I can think of one HM. I used to move 600 triples (2 deeps and a super) to apples by hand, and a week later back out to the apiaries. Small wonder why I hate moving bees.

 

[REDWOOD]

I don't pay for rotted wood, It only takes a little walk in a woods and in five minutes you have more than enough to carry, unless you know a tree surgeon then he will be more than happy to give you some.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I don't pay for rotted wood, It only takes a little walk in a woods and in five minutes you have more than enough to carry,

Jusat make sure it's only rotten wood you've collected - remember, not evrything that is brown and sticky is neccessarily a stick, especially if you have dog walkers about