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As per title, if anyone is thinking of selling a heather loosener,or knows anyone who is, please get in touch. Thank you.

Does anyone have a blank bee keeping related business plan they would be willing to share? Thank you.

As above, im looking for a smoker and a hive tool suitable for a 9 year old. My son spent the last couple of seasons at the bees with me and is comfortable around them so I'm looking to get him a bit more hands on with the bee keeping this year. Any good recommendations for smaller scale...

I am having an absolute mare trying to get a female threaded ferrule to fit my lyson creamer and settling tank. Models are 70l premium settling tank 50l creaming and liquifier machine Can anyone who has personal experience of this, please tell me what size of threaded ferrule they put on...

I built my own large warming cabinet that takes 15 supers and it is excellent at maintaining the desired temperature. I have a thornes warming cabinet for doing 2 buckets at a time however and the temperature dial is dreadful. I was contemplating swapping the turn dial for an stc1000 or...

My supers are all currently nationals with 11 sn frames per box and i have had these for the past few seasons. Next season, im looking to maximise my output where possible, im looking at the following options 1. 10 sn frames 2. 9 sn frames 3. 10 manley frames Out of interest, from personal...

I'm looking for something to transport jars of honey to work for customers that will protect them from knocks. I have seen polystyrene types for bottles bit haven't managed to find any smaller for jars. Any recomendations? Ideally to take 6 at a time. Thank you

I have been asked by a number of people to supply comb honey this year and I have had a good enough season that I will be able to do this this year and would like to do it going forward. Can anyone please recommend me a company who make custom cardboard boxes with windows or sleeves to go round...

I have built these for moving my hives up to the Heather and thought some people may find it useful. I used: 2440 x 1220 x 9mm plywood Langstroth Varroa mesh 10mm scews Scrap from wood merchant I appreciate that the hole could maybe be bigger but for current conditions this seems fine with a...

This warm weather is playing absolute havoc with my soft set honey making and it needs sorted before orders back up and customers complain or worse go elsewhere! I'm struggling to find a reasonably priced wine chiller that would maintain the temperature and fit the standard honey buckets. I do...

I've been asked to supply some cut comb this year, both blossom and heather. I have pichased a comb cutter and i'm looking for some inspiration as to how to present this. can anyone recommend a particular case/box to use or post a photo of their preferred method? Cheers

I have 7 dadant hives (no colonies) for sale along with 4 dadant nucs (no colonies) plus some extras. Hives consist of Varroa floor Entrance block removable alighting board Brood box Brood dummy board Wooden framed queen excluder Super Super dummy board Crown board Travel screen Roof There...

I'm looking for a small stainless steel settling tank to use directly for jarring. I already have a 70 litre one from abello but want something for smaller batches. Any recommendations? The only stipulations are: * Must be stainless steel * Must have a conical base * Must have a stainless...

I built myself a large warming cabinet which is warmed by the usual inkbird and tube heaters. For those that have one, what do you have to use through the cooling circuit to cool down or do you just leave that with nothing plugged in? I was thinking of installing a bathroom extractor fan on...

I've been asked by a fellow beekeeper if I would filter his honey for him, put it through my creaming machine and then jar it for him. He is providing all of the honey, the seed and the jars (don't have to do the labels for him) so all this is going to cost me is my time and a few hours wear...

Why is it recommended that softset honey is allowed to cool and go hard after seeding and mixing then rewarmed to jar? Does it not give the same result as if it is jarred straight after seeding and mixing?

Simple question (I hope). My new creaming and liquifying machine arrived today from abelo. For those of you that use one, what is your method - temperature, mixing periods and do you change this when making softset from crops like OSR that set hard? Thank you.

Is this thermostat in Celsius or Fahrenheit? I have just bought it 2nd hand and the website doesn't say, don't want to over cook any honey and I don't have another thermometer to test it with.

I've just bought a lot of dadant hives and in with them were these items which appear to fit together. Any ideas what they may be? There is also more of the brown wooden frames but with very fine mesh over one side of them.

I have recently aquired a number of dadant hives and dadant nucs and am looking for peoples both opinions good and bad about them. My hives are all currently national and I am wanting to decide prior to next spring whether to sell them and purchase more nationals or keep them and have 1 apiary...