I've meaning to sort this out for months but used "i'll do it in winter" as an excuse to save me a lot of un-necessary hacking and slashing.
My out apiary is on a nature reserve, nicely tucked...
I mix 4-6 kg honey with 10kg castersugar. Works a treat. I think using sugarbags means the bees have to haul alot of water to process it. Fondant is overly expensive, but the packs are handy if they...
I have used sugar bags for the past couple of years and they've worked fine but this year I have some hives with fondant on. I only put these on the hive in the past couple of weeks so will be...
I received my two Celia Davis books yesterday, and I think both of them look really good: The Honey Bee Inside Out, and The Honey Bee Around and About.
2.5kg of Ambrosia fondant (out of interest, why fondant and not syrup?)
5 Apideas and frames
2 Apidea feeders to experiment with
1 brush because lots of people...
Out Apiary Tidy up
I've meaning to sort this out for months but used "i'll do it in winter" as an excuse to save me a lot of un-necessary hacking and slashing. My out apiary is on a nature reserve, nicely tucked...
15-01-2012 05:26 PM