DB.
Are you in any of the photos from the Galtee group queen rearing day last Sunday?
DB.
Are you in any of the photos from the Galtee group queen rearing day last Sunday?
No Jon, It was however a pleasure to meet some of your neighbours from Dromore. I recall exchanging pleasantries with the gentleman 2nd from left at the back.Originally Posted by Jon
In the photo of Aoife and Pat there is a green hive framed between them. The hive is not in use but if one wished it could be fitted with frames as it is a recognised type.
Who can name this hive and say what type of honey production it was noted for?
Last edited by Dark Bee; 20-06-2013 at 03:59 PM.
Is it a Wormit hive DB ?
That's Willy Blakely a mate of mine in the back row. He is on the NIHBS committee same as myself. Very good beekeeper and queen rearer.
Dromore is the best organised association in the North.
We are trying to coordinate queen rearing and nuc supply between 3 local UBKA associations, Dromore, Belfast and Killinchy.
Don't ask me about hive types. I use nationals and have a scant knowledge of the other stuff on the market.
I think Micheál Mac uses commercials.
NO and a £1 in the poor box please
GraciasNO and a £1 in the poor box please
I am the poor box recipient
I will spend it on cough mixture
Is it something Irish specifically ?
Is it a CDB?
Does have that sort of look about it - but maybe with the sloping sides of the lifts of a WBC. Here's a Congested Districts Board Hive:
A Cottager doesn't look so different from that either.
Congratulations, you are correct. It is indeed a CDB hive.
The second part of the question is still to be answered; for what type of honey production did it excell, what was it's outstanding feature?
Looks an unwieldy beastie! Sorry DB don't know the answer to the question but in the tradition of all the best quizzes I'll offer a mad guess at the production of cut comb as a possibility. Interested to hear of its outstanding feature.
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