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The original objective was to change to point spacing in the brood box (as described in Killion/BA) to speed up inspections without the use of smoke. It developed into using 32mm spacing (25mm straight frame with 7mm spacers) allowing extra brood space in the same volume. The results so far are...

On the Dave Cushman site there is a mention of Beech Hoffman Frame Adaptors being possibly available from suppliers in Denmark and Sweden. Anyone know of a supplier?

An earthly representative of Jesus tried to pull a fast one on the competition at a primary school here a few days ago. http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/santa-not-my-area-of-expertise-says-doubting-priest-217081.html Problem is, in the imaginary entity market, only one comes up with the...

I apologise to forum members for not making a statement sooner in regards to not supporting PH's website. For legal reasons I would like to point out that the forum has no conection/association with the website and have had zero imput in to the way the content has been sourced. We would also...

I know, I know ..... but I just happened to be passing a good off licence to-day so grabbed a bottle of Twaites Wainwright and Harviestoun Schiehallion. The Thwaites is quite nice - gold award winner 2011. BTW seeing as time travel is involved here here's a couple of clips of David McSavage...

The kids are in bed ........ the woodstove is hoppin' ........ time for a beer :cheers2: To-night its Blue Moon my current favourite. Its an American unfiltered craft beer with a touch of citrus to the taste (sounding a bit like Oz Clarke there :eek: ). Very nice, and seeing as it looks like a...

Lot of these around the home apiary to-day - any ideas on how to eradicate?

Did a bit of pollen collecting this year for the first time and was amazed at the amount a hive can collect in a day. The highest daily amount collected by one hive was 922g with quite a few averaging around 500g/day. Hives sometimes specialised in different pollen types and there was a trend...

I will be supplying fresh undried pollen to a health food store and can't find any definitive information on shelf life range. When hive and weather conditions are right I will be harvesting daily and refridgerating for delivery within a week of collection. The store will be keeping it in the...

Hello All, Anyone have any information on the safety of polystyrene as a hive material? I know they are very widely used now but styrene is a suspected carcinogen -American Cancer Society - and whilst it seems heat may be required for leaching such as in coffee cups etc. my concern would be that...