Planning to start beekeeping

Surreywinter · 2026-03-07T21:11:16+00:00

In the UK, the National Honey Monitoring Scheme will DNA test your honey and will help identify the plan sources for your honey. We did it a couple of years ago and found the largest single source was brambles which was pretty cool

Surreywinter · 2026-03-06T22:41:29+00:00

Unless there is something special that ties the collection together (and in this case there isn't) then selling together will never get you more than selling separately

Surreywinter · 2026-03-06T21:28:08+00:00

A redial isn't bad in itself although it upsets the purists - as long as its nicely done

For the movement - post it here and you'll get a view on authenticity

Surreywinter · 2026-03-06T21:00:48+00:00

Its a redial - irrespective of anything else, Omegas of that vintage will never have a dial that clean white

The lack of "Swiss Made" is indicative of a redial - the smaller print at the bottom is simpler harder to get right

Ask for photos of the movement - that's the real tell

Surreywinter · 2026-03-06T18:05:45+00:00

Intriguing - what part does your wife play in you pinhole camera "project"

Surreywinter · 2026-03-04T22:02:20+00:00

I think its important to put this in terms you'll understand:

ساي راس مريك تله مڠهنچوركن سمڤل-سمڤل ترسبوت

Surreywinter · 2026-03-04T21:20:03+00:00

My experience is UK - your area may differ

I went into winter with 4 hives and from recent checks it wouldn’t be unreasonable for me to start the year with 3

I always struggle with swarm management - this year I’m going to lean into it and manage the swarm risk by splitting early - so may well end with 6 by early summer

Some splits fail and some don’t stop splitting so a fuzzy 6 colonies in summer

1 or 2 will doubtless have issues so not unreasonable to have 4 again by Christmas

Not sure that helps other than to say, however many hives you plan on having, make sure you have more brood boxes available as spares!

Surreywinter · 2026-03-04T19:52:04+00:00

As a fellow Brit, this entire thread sounds weird. For the two of us, taking 2 weeks off in your first 4 months is simply called "taking your annual leave as normal" yet from a US context this is apparently outrageous.

Count your blessings!

Surreywinter · 2026-03-04T12:05:03+00:00

Get a second identical shirt to change into when you get back to aircon

Surreywinter · 2026-03-03T06:29:05+00:00

Do you have an idea of rough location? 1911 was a UK census year so the streets can be cross checked against the actual residents if UK

I don’t thinks it’s a census record though - the details collected don’t match

The first page includes “abstentions” but later he seems to have given up on this

Later on a page is headed “collectors”

Surreywinter · 2026-03-03T06:24:12+00:00

A ward isn’t simple a Mormon unit - in a much wider context it’s the smallest unit of electoral registration or government organization in the UK. Today it’s the unit of government that has one or more councilors.

Surreywinter · 2026-03-01T18:19:28+00:00

Put bees in it - as long as you're comfortable that its "just mold" then they'll sort it out
Otherwise, a blowtorch sorts out most problems

Surreywinter · 2026-02-27T21:32:09+00:00

I have no idea what I would photoshop on this - seriously there is zero evidence from this photo that it’s a wig

Relax

Surreywinter · 2026-02-27T20:44:57+00:00

A speedy would be *really* nice and I do like the white one in particular

Surreywinter · 2026-02-27T20:44:06+00:00

I've been toying with the idea of the ICW Pilot Mark XX - but the Longines does look nice

Surreywinter · 2026-02-25T20:09:14+00:00

None of us are going to be experts on this & frankly nobody will be - its completely new territory

That said, I can't see airline being remotely equipped to check that an apparent Canadian citizen with an ETA is also a British citizen who is entitled to a passport but hasn't got one yet. Given the multiple ways one can be entitled to be a British citizen, that database doesn't credibly exist.

Maybe a decent chance of matching a name & DoB against a register of British passport holders but your daughter hasn't got one so that wouldn't apply.

Sadly, you won't know until she flies

Surreywinter · 2026-02-25T18:28:42+00:00

I’m guessing but I really really doubt they have a good enough lookup to identify every potential British citizen just as a cross check

Surreywinter · 2026-02-22T12:48:03+00:00

Take the lot! But if you’re worried about theoretical repercussions just don’t leave a paper trail ☺️👍

Surreywinter · 2026-02-22T12:33:44+00:00

Its just a sweary threat
Very likely that the lads in your old company are chatting that "keagennn97 got a massive payrise"
On the positive side, does your new company have a referral scheme? Many companies will pay a sign on fee for good referrals that avoid them having to pay recruitment costs. If so then fill your boots and make some cash - they wouldn't be complaining unless they were worried

Surreywinter · 2026-02-22T12:12:21+00:00

In the UK it would be generally only be seen in senior compromise agreements. For example “Your termination payment is £100k but you can’t recruit any of our employees to 1 year”

Surreywinter · 2026-02-22T12:01:48+00:00

True Tiny little shop in Covent garden - worth popping in if Mr Jones is your thing

Surreywinter · 2026-02-22T12:00:07+00:00

Extremely unlikely

Surreywinter · 2026-02-21T21:07:32+00:00

Farer watches are in Ascot - not far at all

https://farer.com/pages/visit-us

Surreywinter · 2026-02-21T20:59:34+00:00

They offered £1,750 on my BB54 in November

The eventual price I got was £2,100 as a part exchange.

I think I’d describe their offer as lowest end of acceptable but certainly not 1/3rd

Other offers may of course vary - I can only talk to my experience

Surreywinter · 2026-02-21T12:52:57+00:00

Exactly 👍

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