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I have one of these - http://www.thebeebusiness.co.uk/range_extractors.php with a Bosch drill I happened to have which I fitted myself by removing...

Yes, try Vigo, They have a range of sizes to suits ones needs. They seem to have shot up in price since I bought mine. They don't use a lot of...

Thymallus ... do you have a link to one of those presses? Will they work on a non mains supply (reasonable pressure) and do they use excessive...

My understanding is the Abelo is a "clone" of the other. Yes you must loosen heather honey if spinning. We wondered it the extra G force with radial...

Wake up and smell the CLOVER!!! That’s what the bees at my Summer apiary are doing at the moment. The clover has reached its peak and I can’t...

Simplify, go for cut comb and crush. ? The time taken to loosen and extract tangentially is excruciating. Even with one of the mechanical 3K lever...

Do you think the pins go through both sides if the comb or would you have to turn the frame over? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Bought one, thought the springs a bit tight, decided to loosen the nuts, oops!! One project for the coming winter is to find a way to get the pins...

Ha ha, nice price. However there is a handheld one that is a bit cheaper at £90. Has anyone had any success with this? Sorry v small picture ...

With 9 hives and a tight budget my preference would probably have been to just use a press and either scrape down (from wired foundation) or cut out...

Hi Dan It was great to meet you - and your daughter. Hope the trip to Paris went well. All I did was to give you contact details so it was great...

Hi Bridget I have about the same number of production hives, with a few more for queen rearing etc. I scaled up to a 9 frame motorised radial a...

Hmmmm ... I guess that means no-one wants to buy the colony I inspected this evening ... 8 frames of stores, mostly sealed, lots and lots of old...

I don't recall that I have seen guidelines for a 'full-sized' colony. At this time of year, 7 or 8 frames or so of brood would be reasonable - a...

Never used one - but an interesting toy to make. I am not too bothered about keeping drones out for my own breeding. And to try to ensure that the...

Hi Kitta I suppose its mostly influenced by when in the season they are being sold April might be a good time to buy bees but there might only be...

Gavin, Thanks so much for your generosity and helping to put this together! It was an excellent visit in both Edinburgh and Fife. I learned a lot...

Yes same here - busy on blackberries too. I also have newly made up nucs which are largely ignoring the feeder.

Ceanothus usually gets a few bees on it in my garden. Blakcberry is still flowering at the moment although I expect that it will finish soon. Just...

Various good bee plants in my garden are being ignored by my bees - this time last year they were covered. Main ones being caenothus and fuschia,...

Worth remembering that heather moors are really large boggy water sinks. It may be dry on top but underneath there is still a lot of water. I'm...

Pleased to see a bit more rain today - I've been walking in the hills and its been bone dry. I put a couple of hives on a bell site, however I've...

Cheers ! Our site actually looked okay. The bell heather looks great this year and the ling is still a while off I think. I only moved four hives...

I'll suggest a theory here - you can shoot me down if you wish. Does inspecting a colony when it's close to thinking about swarming upset the...

Yes indeed. However we wind down the grafting over the next couple of weeks and by August we do not refill the mating boxes any more. You would get...

It is raining in the hills - a wee bit - this site has lots of data: http://apps.sepa.org.uk/rainfall Although to be useful you'd also need to...