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Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 08 11:00 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

My biggest decision will be where to put the hive.

Any chance of having it at your school? One of my old schools had four bee hives, I remember seeing my first swarm there.

jamanda
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 08 12:14 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Jamanda wrote:

My biggest decision will be where to put the hive.

Any chance of having it at your school? One of my old schools had four bee hives, I remember seeing my first swarm there.

No. We have major building work starting soon. It will be chaotic enough with half the grounds out of bounds.

sean
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 08 12:17 pm Post subject:
Besides, I don't want our bees going to Bideford College, nasty rough place. Now, if we could afford to send them to public school...

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
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Location: Dordogne

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 08 10:39 am Post subject:

When our bees forage off the rape fields (all round us) we have to take off the frames and spin them before the end of May or the honey sets in the frame. When we jar it it sets almost overnight into a pale cream solid mass.
later on in the year when the bees are doing other stuff (normal flowers, blackberry etc) the honey is a darker golden liquid.
You can decrystallise by heating (gentle heat or your honey will lose its aroma). we leave ours in the conservatory on a hot day.
Lorraine

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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 08 10:40 am Post subject:

sean wrote:

Besides, I don't want our bees going to Bideford College, nasty rough place.

Now, if we could afford to send them to public school...

Went

Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 08 10:54 am Post subject:

Lorrainelovesplants wrote:

That explains our recent purchases then, from an area in spain where rape is fairly extensive - going to try and source local honey this year as it does help with hayfever etc and is much nicer tasting.

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: ceredigion

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 08 11:44 am Post subject:
I really don't like rape honey---although I know it's the major crop for a lot of beekeepers---I think it tastes like sweet lard---There are no rapeseed fields here , so the setting in the supers isn't a problem.

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