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Melomel
1 kg. honey 5 litres water 700 g. sugar 100 g. raisins, chopped 1 kg cooking apples juice of...
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Calculating the Alcohol Level of Wine
If you want to know just how alcoholic your brews are, then you need to have a hydrometer. A...
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Letter to the bees
The Honey Harvestby Rosanne Hood Dear bees I simply must tell you that I was extremely impressed with your...
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Making beeswax candles
METHOD Place one sheet of beeswax foundation on a firm, hard surface. Measure and mark the outline shape for...
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Processing beeswax
Bindaree will, depending on demand, buy reasonably clean processed beeswax. In the processing we are talking about, beeswax is...
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Beeswax – filtering tips
The following tips appeared in the BEE-L discussion list during September 2002: From: Frank I. Reiter Date: Tuesday, 10...
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The Hive Mat
Worth a Try? …. the Mercer Mat Most beekeepers insert some kind of inner cover between the top super...
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Winter Feeding in the Canberra Climate
by Paul Hooper Late Winter — Need to Feed? Winter is two months old, August is upon us, and...
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Bee Stings – Toxic Effects and Allergy
by Jim Wright AM, MD, FRACS, FACS (Dr Wright is a retired medical practitioner and a member of the...
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The Joys of Swarm Collecting
“Don’t lean out so far.” Pat was standing on a two metre retaining wall and reaching out over the...