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2 cedar national hives. 1 brand new - brood, x 2 supers, stand - full of new frames and foundation. 1 old but functional - brood and 1 super with stand, no frames. Also 3 spare supers, excellent condition, one is full of drawn comb. Bait hive/nuc complete with 6 national brood frames, 5 brand...

Some great info there thanks a lot for that, really useful.

Thanks all, some helpful info there.

Roughly at this time of year with the nice weather, how long would you expect a strong colony to take to fill a national super? How many litres roughly in one full ten framed national super? What time of year do you extract, how often? Please don't say how long is a piece of string or...

I am in a similar position to you, also looking to buy an extractor. Don't want to fork out for a £600+ extractor for a small scale garden operation... For the use it would get I'm thinking something like the link you posted would be suitable? Would also like people's opinions on this.

Texted both, thanks.

Still looking. Would buy a hive with established colony, or good nuc to hive.

Localish for collection or delivery to Wigan area. Would buy hive with colony or nuc...sensibly priced please. PM with what you have please. Thank you.

I know :) that was a reply to MartinL!

I noticed one last week, none on the floor. It was a nice day when inspected.

I noticed one last week, none on the floor. It was a nice day when inspected.

Thanks. Inspection about a week ago.

Nope...