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 Topic: For lovers of our countryside. |
BarnBrian
Replies: 2
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 Forum: Environmental issues, GM, pesticides and campaigning Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:32 am Subject: For lovers of our countryside. |
As lots of you will be aware, Lancashire, where I live, is under threat of Fracking. If it goes ahead here it will open the gates for it to be done all over the country.
We have a group "Frack ... |
| Topic: papier mache hive |
BarnBrian
Replies: 5
Views: 11477
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Forum: Bright ideas, experiments and projects Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 1:56 pm Subject: papier mache hive |
| I was only planning waterproofing the last layer. My thought behind using papier mache rather than timber was to achieve a random shape on the inside. |
| Topic: papier mache hive |
BarnBrian
Replies: 5
Views: 11477
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Forum: Bright ideas, experiments and projects Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:17 am Subject: papier mache hive |
Ok, it might be a crazy idea.
I'm toying with making a papier mache hive roughly replicating a hollow tree hive. My thoughts are to build up layers of papier mache and layers of chicken wire to form ... |
| Topic: Who on biobees is treatment-free? |
BarnBrian
Replies: 134
Views: 308390
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Forum: Bee health: the treatment (or not) of bee pests and diseases Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 9:06 am Subject: Who on biobees is treatment-free? |
| I've been keeping bees for six years in Warre hives. I've never treated or fed them and not taken honey for three years and have not opened the hives. I'm surrounded on all sides by arable farms, rota ... |
| Topic: Sealing inside a hTBH |
BarnBrian
Replies: 13
Views: 15121
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Forum: Beginners start here Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:35 am Subject: Sealing inside hives |
| I have never sealed the insides of any of my Warre hives. The bees do a good job of it themselves with propolis. I think they get it from "Bee and Q" |
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