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Philip Closier
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Be prepared...read on...
What use is an empty honey jar (with a lid), a single frame pin and a hammer ? Well no prize for the right answer ! However in a bee...
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Philip Closier
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Making life simple
As I have mentioned before make life simple, do not lift more than you have to, Just took delivery of some 50mm wheels from good old eBay...
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Philip Closier
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Nothing much going on..... part 2!
Well I am back from a bitterly cold trip to the apiary, and found that it is still very snow bound with ice on top of the hives in...
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Philip Closier
Jan 17, 20211 min read
Nothing much going on.....
It is Sunday 17th January, I am going to pop up to the apiary in a min to check the hives and the entrances. It is sunny but quite frosty...
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Philip Closier
Jan 9, 20211 min read
Great minds think alike!!
Ok I follow the Apiarist Blog and it is really good and I really recommend it.... he does it so much better than I do... But I did get my...
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Philip Closier
Jan 8, 20211 min read
Another Cold Day!
The weather is hovering around freezing and the rain is falling as sleet covering everything is a wet slush.... A short one today to...
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Philip Closier
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Making Wax Food Wraps
This video post will take you through the basics of making a wax food wrap so you can cut down on one use plastics. Important -not...
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Philip Closier
Jan 1, 20211 min read
Another OA treatment
Just a quick one of an OA treatment I did for a member over on the North Yorkshire Moors. As you can see it is a really quick process......
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Philip Closier
Dec 30, 20206 min read
Harvesting Honey a quick overview!
Hi… foolishly several members have said they want some notes! This is of course a very personal viewpoint… feel free to take or reject...
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Philip Closier
Dec 27, 20201 min read
27th December 2020
We had a bit of a storm last night... high winds and rain. So this morning I jumped in the car and ...(well spent 20 minutes using...
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Philip Closier
Dec 23, 20203 min read
Cold Day in the Apiary
Hi to all my readers, it is now just past the Solstice and the days will soon get longer so I am trying to get a number of jobs done that...
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Philip Closier
Dec 17, 20201 min read
Making Hand Cream
Morning to you all, it has been wet, cold and generally miserable outside! I often suffer from cracked skin on my hands at this time of...
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Philip Closier
Dec 15, 20201 min read
Treating the Bees!
The weather is bright and clear, 6C, so I am going for it today... and treating this is how it goes.... we actually did 28 hives in 1:30...
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Philip Closier
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Preparing for treatment
This is what you get. A bottle of oxalic acid Two packs of sugar and additives The packs of sugar are added to the liquid which has been...
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Philip Closier
Dec 14, 20201 min read
Winter Varroa Treatment
Hi, this morning I started making preparations to treat the bees with a VMD approved oxalic acid preparation. I have previously used Api...
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