I get stung a few times a year, mainly my fault. I believe that its good for you to keep your immune system on top of it by getting a few stings a year. In saying that there are people that get stung that one time to many and end up not being able to keep bee's anymore. I am lucky in the fact I...
Hi Im not quite sure I agree with your analogy of this:unsure::unsure::unsure:
I agree with your first past of your post and could add a lot more to that part, but the second part im struggling with a bit!!
Regarding you comment about pressing your own wax! I do make my own from wax capping's. Yes It can be time consuming but for me this is a winter job and the only bottle neck is waiting for the wax to cool down. So if its P@ssing with rain and windy, to me sitting in my shed making my own wax...
I use the cloak board and have done for years, I have also used double nuc's and they work grate too, The trick with them is timing and feeding but small amount's contact feeders are best, or rapid feeder but only 1 1/4 of the hole available for the bees to feed from.