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 Topic: Help needed - Bradford on Avon near Bath, UK |
FollowMeChaps
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 Forum: URGENT Help needed now! Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 6:11 pm Subject: Help needed - Bradford on Avon near Bath, UK |
Hi all it's me again! I have been contacted by someone in Bradford on Avon who got my name via Phil.
Basically he lives in a community development and a neighbour has honey bees in a dilapidated 3 ... |
| Topic: Living in a bee house |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 381
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Forum: Photo gallery Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:32 pm Subject: Living in a bee house |
Thanks Bernhard. A fancy bit of kit, beats my point and shoot. Keep those pictures coming; they're BRILLIANT.
Robin |
| Topic: Living in a bee house |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 381
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Forum: Photo gallery Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:31 pm Subject: Living in a bee house |
What camera do you use Bernhard?
Robin |
| Topic: Condensation and varroa! Missing link to survivalists |
FollowMeChaps
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Forum: Bee health: the treatment (or not) of bee pests and diseases Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:54 am Subject: Condensation and varroa! Missing link to survivalists |
| Some great thinking going on here guys, thanks for starting it Bernhard. I think I'm a believer already as it serves to reinforce the 'hive atmosphere' argument (Nestduftwärmebindung) on which I'm tot ... |
| Topic: Plan Bee - please watch film and send your comments |
FollowMeChaps
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Forum: Environmental issues, GM, pesticides and campaigning Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:27 am Subject: Plan Bee - please watch film and send your comments |
.....The Co-operative is proud to support British bees, and bee keepers, and will be inviting local associations and school children on to the farm to visit the hives and learn more about them.....
I ... |
| Topic: Chop and Crop |
FollowMeChaps
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Forum: Beginners start here Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:00 am Subject: Chop and Crop |
Everybody here always says get a package.......
I think that what you say here is correct Bush for those in the North American continent. However, for newbies watching this thread form Europe, especi ... |
| Topic: Plan Bee - please watch film and send your comments |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 21
Views: 62642
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Forum: Environmental issues, GM, pesticides and campaigning Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:42 am Subject: Plan Bee - please watch film and send your comments |
| Just a thought - all UK users can join the Co-op as members in any Co-op branch. As members we can then write to them and point out that while we applaud most of what they are doing, they are wrong o ... |
| Topic: work on microbes - link to honey bee health!!! |
FollowMeChaps
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Forum: Bee health: the treatment (or not) of bee pests and diseases Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:13 am Subject: work on microbes - link to honey bee health!!! |
| Spot on Dave, I fully agree. And many thanks Bernhard. Great to see your face at last, |
| Topic: Hypothetical chat - What if imports were banned. |
FollowMeChaps
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Forum: Wild and feral honeybees and other bee species Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:45 am Subject: Hypothetical chat - What if imports were banned. |
| Mike – My 'shock' was at the fact that you posted just pro-importing arguments, there was no indication of any light heartedness in your original post (as there is in your subsequent post) and most of ... |
| Topic: Hypothetical chat - What if imports were banned. |
FollowMeChaps
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Views: 57922
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Forum: Wild and feral honeybees and other bee species Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 10:13 pm Subject: Hypothetical chat - What if imports were banned. |
| I have to say I'm really shocked by what you have posted as arguments Mike. Are these honestly your beliefs or are you just being contentiously negative to spark a debate? |
| Topic: Top Bar Hive inspection frequency (Solved, thanks to Norm) |
FollowMeChaps
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Forum: Beginners start here Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:51 am Subject: Top Bar Hive inspection frequency (Solved, thanks to Norm) |
IMHO Observation windows in a TBH are way too tempting for a nee beeek and they end up turnng thier hives into mini bee discos.........
To me this post implies that inspection windows are a bad thing ... |
| Topic: Plan Bee - please watch film and send your comments |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 21
Views: 62642
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Forum: Environmental issues, GM, pesticides and campaigning Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:11 pm Subject: Plan Bee - please watch film and send your comments |
| Me too |
| Topic: Simple hive-building jig |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 27
Views: 84308
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Forum: Horizontal top bar hives Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:13 pm Subject: Simple hive-building jig |
Sorry Phil, it's no good to me - I can't dance!  |
| Topic: New portable TBH |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 46
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Forum: Horizontal top bar hives Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:39 am Subject: New portable TBH |
Great Phil, a Mini Me hive.
http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site577/2008/0627/20080627_075848_mini_me_300.jpg |
| Topic: son of hivemonster |
FollowMeChaps
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Forum: Photo gallery Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:44 am Subject: son of hivemonster |
That's looking fantastic Laura.
I take it you are not good at making decisions? Is this how it went "Shall I build a horizontal or should I go for a Warre? Ah, I know..............." ... |
| Topic: Harvesting honey from a Warre hive |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 117
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Forum: Foraging on the Far Side Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:06 pm Subject: Harvesting honey from a Warre hive |
Am I the only one getting fed up with the way this thread is going?
Everyone has an opinion - this excellent forum does all it can to encourage and air those opinions, whatever they are, unlike ot ... |
| Topic: Harvesting honey from a Warre hive |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 117
Views: 398213
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Forum: Foraging on the Far Side Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:45 pm Subject: Harvesting honey from a Warre hive |
John/Peter
I'm afraid I have to agree with Norm. You both seem to be looking for concrete answers where there obviously are none. In my view the benefit of sustainable beeks is that we do not need ... |
| Topic: Harvesting honey from a Warre hive |
FollowMeChaps
Replies: 117
Views: 398213
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Forum: Foraging on the Far Side Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:43 am Subject: Re: thanks for sharing |
| Just one or two questions . what is the dimentions of the warre hive , I really want to build a warre . I have seen several plans and all looks easy to make , are they the same dimentions as a langs ... |
| Topic: catenary hive |
FollowMeChaps
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Views: 54670
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Forum: Horizontal top bar hives Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:53 am Subject: catenary hive |
This looks great BUT I'm wondering how difficult it would be to manipulate the knife where they had chosen to attach their comb to the sides?
It seems to my, allbeit very limited, knowledge that th ... |
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