Mrs Webmuppet Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Eek I'm doing my BBKA basic assessment on Monday and LMW is doing her Junior certificate........some Omlet good luck vibes would be most welcome . Our mentor gave us a 'mock exam' and we passed ...although my frame building was a bit dodgy, wretched foundation refused to behave. Apparently the best thing to do is to put it in the fridge to keep it firm it up plus some magazines (something else foundation sized) on it to flatten it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Excuse my ignorance - what is BBKA? Sending positivity your way anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Busy Bee Keeper Attitude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Good luck! You'll be fine, just keep calm and talk as you're doing it so the examiner knows that you know what you're doing. My biggest worry was putting some bees in a matchbox. It wasn't till after the exam when I found the matchbox in my pocket that I realised the examiner didn't ask me to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Good luck MW and LMW. I am sure you will both be fine. Seems like excellent advice from Olly. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Oooooh, good luck ... OK, here' the dim question, why would you want to put bees in a matchbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted August 15, 2014 Author Share Posted August 15, 2014 Apparently you need 30 bees as a sample if disease is suspected amongst your bees and the best way to catch them is in a matchbox..........I have had a practice, the most bees I managed to catch was about 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 We passed yippeeeee. Thank you everyone for your kind words and thoughts. Our bees are doing well, our mentor came and inspected our hives and declared that everything was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Congratulations! It's really good to have the Basic under your belt, even if you don't want to go on and do any modules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Apparently you need 30 bees as a sample if disease is suspected amongst your bees and the best way to catch them is in a matchbox..........I have had a practice, the most bees I managed to catch was about 15 Shut the entrance and catching thirty becomes simple. Well done BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 I did have to do the matchbox thing for the exam. The examiner was happy that I could do it even though I didn't catch 30! The bees were not being co-operative (black rain clouds were approaching and the bees were getting grumpy)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
