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Nope. I am looking at a second hand one but your experience has put me off. The new model is £240 and at that point I might as well buy...

Thanks very much for the advice.

Thanks. This led me to this website which is quite clear. Are there any implications with the increased start current? Ie would the...

I think the suggestion won't work as it is only a 230v output.

On another thread the motor used is shown to be a So a three phase star configuration. My knowledge is a bit poor on this topic. Is it...

Damn you all. They are out of stock already 😂

Some time ago I found a single cell with the Oak tree colony and moved the queen to a new hive. The last time I inspected, I found...

Thanks for replies all. It’s a bit complicated. Was two weeks from swarm before I checked. Was no eggs at that point but looked a bit...

Would you cage the queen in the q+ colony during the uniting?

I forgot to mention that my test frame has a capped queen cell on it. So do I leave it to emerge. Or is it likely to be killed by the...

I had a Nuc with a swarm that had a virgin queen that I had been giving syrup. It never drew the combs like crazy. I did my first check...