Many years ago I spent a lovely day with Mik (Pennillion) as he patiently taught me to re-handle a knife. Fantastic and kind chap. I’m pleased to hear he’s back.
Another very quick point about running single brood boxes is the importance of equalising hives. In Spring I'm constantly taking full frames of brood out of really busy colonies, adding them to weaker colonies or nucleus colonies. This stops bigger colonies becoming congested, helps limit...
This is a good point. DEFRA have a taskforce which is aiming to keep the Asian Hornet from taking hold in the UK, but as always this can only really be achieved if everyone plays their part. All beekeepers (both hobbyists and commercial) should be monitoring for Asian Hornet activity, so we make...
Hah! I still have a full time job and 2 small children. The bees are my third full time job.
I raise most of my own queens, though I do purchase breeder queens to help diversify my genetics. However, this isn't always fool proof, especially as a lot of other queen producers buy their breeder...
Good evening all. I have only just spotted that we have a beekeeping thread on BCUK! I clearly need to spend more time here.
I’m probably what you would call a semi-commercial beekeeper, bordering on beefarmer. I have around 100 hives, though we have plans to double this number in 2021...
Thank you both. That’s really helpful. Yes, the older wood is very dark and the berries are from last year, so definitely a cotoneaster. There are always black birds sat on it first thing in a morning, munching the berries. My daughter tried them once when I wasn’t looking, but quickly spat them...
Hello everyone, I hope you are keeping well. During this period of self isolation the kids and I have decided to try and learn about all the plants, trees and weeds in our garden, but we need some help. :)
We moved into our house last April. It has a well established garden, but I don’t know...
Just a quick note to say how much I enjoyed the video. I didn’t know about your channel, so I’m going to watch a few more this evening.
My family and I are trying to live a more self sufficient lifestyle, so I’m sure there will be plenty of inspiration!
Hi folks,
Since having children I don’t have much time for solo camping, hence the sale of lots of fantastic equipment.
1. Terra Nova Laser Photon 2 (used for one weekend trip). This comes with all the original equipment, including pegs, poles and bag. I will also include the footprint /...
Bought in May 2019. Only used for a week, as I ended up buying a new ASUS router with far better coverage.
No box, so asking £15 shipped, saving £22 on the Amazon price.
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