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Livestock => Bees & Beekeeping => Topic started by: bridget on July 22, 2014, 07:42:03 am

Title: Straw for making skeps
Post by: bridget on July 22, 2014, 07:42:03 am
Our beekeeping group is having a lesson on how to make a Skep but we need to source straw that has not gone through a combine.  The threshing makes it too short.  Oats would be best as it's longest.  Anyone know of a farmer or crofter using traditional methods for example stooking that might sell us some? 
Thanks. Bridget