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Has anyone any experience of using plastic foundation. Questions like: how do the bees like it: how best to clean/sanitise it: best make: is it ok as brood: does plastic fit into regular wooden frames …….. etc Thanks for any thoughts, Willis

On the lines of the 'I got squillions of pounds of honey' thread currently running, has anyone ever worked out how much honey a 10 frame (for example) super can actually hold. There must be a finite amount as there would still need to be bee space between frames etc. Perhaps one for the maths...

Checking an out apiary today which also has 6 chickens about 40ft from the hives. I got about half way through hive number 4 and all hell broke loose: bees everywhere. I've experienced this before so wasn't particularly worried, just tried to get on with the task in hand, but then the hens...

Very strange day: went to remove a supa that's been sitting on an excluder for 2 days having previously been above a QE. First went yesterday but there were still bees. Today there were still bees, just a few, so went armed with spare supa to remove frames into after brushing. On one frame...