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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    dismantled a rolling demaree of 2 brood boxes, 4 supers in order to swap frames from top with bottom as 'rolling' put it all back forgot to put q back in bottom box let her walk in front door rather than open up again
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    Your oldest queen?

    our oldest was superseded in 5th year
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    Silvercrest jam maker damage

    im going to buy a spare when lidl re-stock
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    Silvercrest jam maker damage

    this happened to mine easy fix i reckon take the bottom off and the connection (red wire) from the heating terminal will have dropped off when knocked worth gently clamping it back on to withstand minor knocks in future
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    nuc box under a tree in friends garden waiting to see if they all enter the box or back to the tree :)
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    Oil seed rape

    commented nicely :)
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    Oil seed rape

    and this you also have some old comb on the floor, ideally you dont want to get into a practice where you leave that around for hygiene reasons imho
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    Oil seed rape

    this one for example
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    Oil seed rape

    the second picture of your first post has some bees covered in yellow which suggests they are on OSR
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    Weather set to change…what to expect?

    Weather set to change…what to expect? swarms
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    cutting a travel lid for a nuc....and which mesh...

    was thinking i could do it at an angle and be able to slot it back in when not used as a travel lid
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    cutting a travel lid for a nuc....and which mesh...

    title says it all i need to cut a couple of poly nuc lids into travel lids any tips and which mesh should i use and where to source? thanks in advance
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    New nucleus

    i think so
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    New nucleus

    most vivd green i have seen last weekend....i thought i had spotted my newly marked queen but no i guess meadowsweet or wild clematis
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    Does honey expand?

    i have had exactly the same....people saying they prefer it because it shows it hasnt been pasteurised/heat treated
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    Does honey expand?

    OP reminded me of the 'is hell exothermic or endothermic' exam answer from some years ago....v funny
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    Will the bees sort this out?

    i can't tell what has caused that....have you scraped any of the cells away with a hive tool or something? or it has banged against something else and the wax was brittle and crumbled... either way, the rest of the frame looks ok and whilst (in my experience) they are unlikely to rebuild the...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    too cold here....made some frames...and not many of those either!
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    Building comb?

    we/I have missed you
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