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Apr 14, 2022 · Threads. 892. Messages. 3.4K. Two years in and I think I am queenless! Sep 12, 2024. Chris Hancock. Beekeeping/apiculture forum & beekeeping classifieds for International & United Kingdom. Bee keeping forums for beehive building, for sale, queen, nucs, honey.
Oct 24, 2021 · 5. May 6, 2022. #1. Jolanta™ Early Season Mated Queens are BACK IN STOCK! Not only that, we now offer a more cost effective Jolanta™ option at the SAME pricing as our F1 Buckfast queens. The Jolanta™ Early Season Mated Queens are raised from Jolanta mothers and the daughters are mated in Italy which means they are available a good few ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Crystallised honey appears to be made of two sorts of crystals: the ones that bees eat easily in winter by diluting with condensation or water, and the big crystals that they chuck out in spring. The big crystals always take longer to dissolve by warming, by which time, as Finman pointed out, the weight and warmth will collapse the comb; expect that fondant is made of universal small crystals.
Aug 18, 2024 · Sunday at 3:30 PM. #9. Harnessing Honey Bee Biodiversity in the Fight against Honey Fraud. At the European level, the principle of honey authenticity, based not only on local flora but also on endemic honey bee ecotypes, should be given serious consideration. This approach offers a dual safeguard in promoting sustainable honey production amidst ...
Jun 14, 2011 · Probably about 5/6 at the moment. Jun 14, 2011. #3. munchie said: Hi, all. My husband has found a bees next in his shed/workshop in my garden, underneath a cabinet he has in there. From what we can see there's approximately 30 or so. I would like some information on what to do. I don't want to kill them, seeing as they are bees, if it was wasps ...
Jul 28, 2008 · National Beehive Dimensions and statistics External dimension - 18 1/8" square - 460mm Brood body depth - 8 7/8" - 225mm 14” x 12” brood body depth - 12 ½" - 318mm Super depth - 5 7/8" - 150mm The brood area is 2200 sq. ins. No. of worker cells 50,000 National, 14x12 = 72,000 Bottom Bee Space Do the rest yourself, there are 25.4mm in one inch.
Jun 28, 2023 · Jun 29, 2023. #5. I have decided not to put prices up this year although I will be paying 8p per jar on my next order. £6 for 340gr at the gate and £5.60 to retailers who sell them for £8.20. It's a fine balance, yes everything is going up but I don't want to be stuck with 100s kgs of unsold honey.
Jul 14, 2010 · Oct 28, 2012. #3. Natural beekeepers never take any honey or need to feed their bees... apparently! But if you do feel so rotten that you stole the bees winter stores you should ensure you are careful to feed back exactly the same honey as you took..... same hive let alone apiary!
May 27, 2020 · Do224 said: leaving a super on over winter was a bad idea as the bees might not want to move into it to get the honey when it’s cold. Nadir the super in autumn and remove in early spring: by winter, bees will have shifted the honey next to them as they wish.
May 29, 2018 · In West Sussex Green Valleys sell 340/£10.80 (pro rata), Sussex Bee Farm 340/£6.50, Paynes Bee Farm 340/£8.50, West Sussex Honey 340/£5.62 (pro rata). The shopkeeper is a good friend but I only recently asked about her price and was shocked. But she's not the only one; the local farm shop sells other local honey for £5.50 for 1lb.
