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Which glorious title carries more weight? Curious. PH

Time has been called on my left knee and the operation will be sometime this year, yet to be determined but ASAP as I am taking the wife to India next January. If anyone has managed their bees successfully with out being able to touch the hives for a month+ I am up for ideas. I have a bit of a...

I have lost mine in a drive crash so has anyone got one handy please? PH

I tried Elbow Grease spray this morning and it took off 99% pretty much no bother at all. PH

I knew there was a set not so far away but in 6 years on site not a problem at all. The last three days a stack of brood boxes has been toppled. I thought they has slipped but today there are empty combs on the other side of the fence so obviously moved and eaten. I suspect the dry conditions...

I am to make some parts for one of these hives but have never actually seen one. What are the dimensions of the rebate if anyone has one to measure? PH

Someone I know is placing an order with the company yet I understood it was closed? Has it been taken over or is she being scammed? PH

I came across a site that is trying to become the UK version of Etsy. Fair enough. I then, as you do, looked for honey and on page 2 of the search results there was some. Not made by the seller but county honey. This vendor has no weights on any of the labels that I can see. So how can anyone...

I was reading the other day that many use SN1 sidebars for CC. I was intrigued as I always thought the Manley sidebar was the way to go given it's width of comb. I find myself that on average the chunks of CC fir the standard containers pretty neatly so why the interest in the SN1? Thoughts? PH

All up weight as per photo. Just under 5kilos. Spool is 6" or 150 mm. I framed some 1500+ frames from this and as you can see there is a considerable mileage left on it. I cannot and won't swear to it but memory says it was a 10km spool. Google says that 0.25kg is £20.80. Over to you to make...

Does anyone print on their computer best before and lot numbers using sheets of labels please and if so where are they sourced ? Not interested in price gun stuff thanks. PH

BEWARE the siren song of the videos and books from overseas. We are a Maritime climate not a Contenential one. It took me 5 years to realise this and goodness knows what pain I inflicted on my bees in the meantime with the best of motives but also true ignorance. So example. I took a cell and...

https://alanrogers.com/blog/calor-gas-discontinuing-smaller-bottles PH

I'm sure some of you have a copy of her book, Pollen Grains and Honeydew, and sadly she passed on the 2nd of Jan. She was an excellent and very knowledgeable beekeeper and pollen specialist. I was proud to call her a friend and she was a great asset as one of the mods on my little FB group. PH

Does anyone happen to know what is in this product please? PH

Finding an out Apiary. This is how I haver always done it and over the years I have been refused twice. Once because the person frankly didn’t seem to understand my question and the other because the spot I was asking about was about to be used for another project. With social media people...

Some will be unaware of this but it was firmly established in the 1950's that brood was perfectly normal in Winter clusters. An entire apiary was inspected over the Winter period and the brood nests measured. Mobus theorised that it was there for water management purposes. In Spring my...

If anybody has one can they give me please the dimensions of the rebate as I have offered to make a part for one and didn't realise that the hive is rebated. TIA PH

I have been asked by a highly educated person for the above as their hobby is genetics and they are fascinated about bees and want to dive deeply into the subject. Suggestions please?

I am needing a label gun that can cope with BBF and Batch # I tried one before that was an unmitigated waste of money. Suggestions of tried and successful units please? PH