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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by Ben Framed on May 21, 2024, 09:12:18 am »That?s tough Nigel, it?s good you found the problem!
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by NigelP on May 21, 2024, 08:32:32 am »2nd Honey extraction of the season today and my darn extractor stops working. Electric motor won't turn the cage. Rang the place I bought it from "can I bring in for repair", basically told no, we are far too busy with the likes of you who spent a grand on a big extractor.....customer service nil.....
Fortunately I know one of the guys who works there so rang him direct and he was able to diagnose what the problem probably was, the top bearing. To get at it spent entire morning stripping everything apart to just to get to bearing, and yup it was seized. It was a right ???? to get off.
Thank goodness for Amazon prime a pair of bearings ordered to arrive tomorrow, ?7.....
A new extractor would now set me back 1400 quid.
Fortunately I know one of the guys who works there so rang him direct and he was able to diagnose what the problem probably was, the top bearing. To get at it spent entire morning stripping everything apart to just to get to bearing, and yup it was seized. It was a right ???? to get off.
Thank goodness for Amazon prime a pair of bearings ordered to arrive tomorrow, ?7.....
A new extractor would now set me back 1400 quid.
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FORUM / Re: Gold prospecting using a metal detector
« Last post by Terri Yaki on May 21, 2024, 07:56:19 am »Couldn?t you just put a traffic cone in it and claim it? 
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by max2 on May 21, 2024, 05:00:59 am »I wil try to add a photo - first time!
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by max2 on May 21, 2024, 04:57:40 am »Photo did not work...? 
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: What did you do in your Apiary/Bee yard today?
« Last post by max2 on May 21, 2024, 04:56:42 am »I have finished cleaning all my cappings from last season.
It does take time but Les and I believe that clean beeswax will sell at a premium when we have to treat for varroa multiple times a year .
I slashed around the hives in all my yards - looking nice and I may need to mow one more time before September. Winter is not far off and growth slows.
I think I got most of the gear ready I want to enter in the local Agricultural Show.
It is quite competitive here with a lot of beekeepers around.
Having a First Prize certificate next to the honey does increase sales.
The local show is poorly organised and it does take time to enter.
I would like to enter a couple of capped frames but the weather has not been ideal to produce nice combs.
There was enough daylight to check on the cattle and do some weeding in the garden.
Work never ends on a farm.
I will try to add a photo - first time!
It does take time but Les and I believe that clean beeswax will sell at a premium when we have to treat for varroa multiple times a year .
I slashed around the hives in all my yards - looking nice and I may need to mow one more time before September. Winter is not far off and growth slows.
I think I got most of the gear ready I want to enter in the local Agricultural Show.
It is quite competitive here with a lot of beekeepers around.
Having a First Prize certificate next to the honey does increase sales.
The local show is poorly organised and it does take time to enter.
I would like to enter a couple of capped frames but the weather has not been ideal to produce nice combs.
There was enough daylight to check on the cattle and do some weeding in the garden.
Work never ends on a farm.
I will try to add a photo - first time!
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OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FORUM / Re: Gold prospecting using a metal detector
« Last post by Lesgold on May 21, 2024, 01:56:40 am »The theory is good Jim. That would work as we often find gold in depressions like that. A 20 ton excavator would be just what we need.🥴🥴🥴 Dig a deep hole down to bedrock, wait for the next flood and then come back to find that someone else has reaped the rewards of your effort. 😂😂😂😂 If you we?re prepared to fly out and dig the hole, I?d be more than happy to go 50/50
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GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. / Re: Community Feeding
« Last post by Ben Framed on May 21, 2024, 01:16:39 am »Quote
some of us could've done without that mental picture
Ain?t that the truth!
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HONEYBEE REMOVAL / Re: This Girl has the JP//Schawee Touch!
« Last post by Ben Framed on May 21, 2024, 01:09:16 am »Quote
Yeah, but I bet you don't have long hair!JP not only has long hair, but a beard as well! Nearly his whole head is covered in hair!
His videos look very realistic to me. (From Start To Finish) In fact it is because of, and through his videos I gained information for doing my own cutouts to obtain bees. Plus he is the one who suggested to me that I join a beeforum since I knew little about bees.; And why I am here at beemaster today.
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HONEYBEE REMOVAL / Re: This Girl has the JP//Schawee Touch!
« Last post by The15thMember on May 20, 2024, 11:34:58 pm »Yeah, but I bet you don't have long hair! I don't want to speak for Austin, but I don't think it's unrealistic in the sense that she isn't really doing it, just that it makes people assume things about bees and bee removals that aren't necessarily accurate, especially because she isn't showing the whole process. Not everyone should crack open a bee hive with no protective equipment, and not every bee hive would respond well to it, and unfortunately that's what a lot of people on social media might assume from seeing something like that scroll by in their feed without any context. I did see her wearing a jacket or a veil in other videos to be fair. But seriously, I don't know how on earth she can stand having her hair down like that while she's working and how bees are not constantly getting tangled in her hair. My hair is a little bit longer than hers, and I always have to be careful when I'm around the hives if I have it down. It's probably the number one cause of my getting stung when I'm in the apiary but not inspecting. I always put it up when I'm going to be working around or with the bees.
I don't want to speak for Austin, but I don't think it's unrealistic in the sense that she isn't really doing it, just that it makes people assume things about bees and bee removals that aren't necessarily accurate, especially because she isn't showing the whole process. Not everyone should crack open a bee hive with no protective equipment, and not every bee hive would respond well to it, and unfortunately that's what a lot of people on social media might assume from seeing something like that scroll by in their feed without any context. I did see her wearing a jacket or a veil in other videos to be fair. But seriously, I don't know how on earth she can stand having her hair down like that while she's working and how bees are not constantly getting tangled in her hair. My hair is a little bit longer than hers, and I always have to be careful when I'm around the hives if I have it down. It's probably the number one cause of my getting stung when I'm in the apiary but not inspecting. I always put it up when I'm going to be working around or with the bees.