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    Shelves

    A year to the day and they will be back in stock. https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/diy-deals/parkside-metal-shelving-unit/p54703 But this time: No longer powder coated, now galvanised. Instead of two for £50, it is one for £39.99 I am not entirely convinced at that price
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    Cheap insulation in S Wales to make hive cosies

    50/55MM 1.2X2.4M FOIL FACED SHEETS £22 https://www.secondsandco.co.uk/product-page/50-55mm-1-2x2-4m-foil-faced-sheets and lots of other thicknesses PIR polyisocyanurate rather than polyurethane
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    epipens

    Unless you have been proven to have a severe anaphylactic shock to bee venom, then an EpiPen or similar is not warranted ( and anyway not available). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ccr3.5303 Nevertheless, awareness of the potential danger is sufficiently important that in our...
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    Ideas for homemade Honey Warmer

    https://www.theapiarist.org/honey-warming-cabinet-plans/ and use an STC 3000 controller
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    Bee Keeping Apps

    Very swift response from ApiManager staff on this issue. Seems that there are compatibility problems with Firefox. I am finding no compatibility problems with Brave. ApiManager seems to fulfil most of my requirements. There are a few niggles, but relatively minor. As it is free for up to 20...
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    Bee Keeping Apps

    This has not been an issue in the five years that I have been using Beetight
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    Bee Keeping Apps

    ...but iOS only I believe
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    Bee Keeping Apps

    I used to use Beetight, but the developer cannot be bothered to update it to function with the latest verison of Android. Now trialling Apimanager (ApiManager - Apiary and Beehive Management Software For Beekeepers ). Seems OK but have intermittent issues logging in from various PCs. Never a...
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    Equipment Wanted Wanted: Bee Suit

    Zonda and the Alize. Alize for day to day, Zonda for hot weather. Last summer there were days when I could not see what I was doing for sweat pouring off my forehead. Currently I use a seriously cheap STB tunic for nipping out to the hives to check them. I keep a separate cut price Bee Basics...
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    Equipment Wanted Wanted: Bee Suit

    Bought a couple. They seem well made and comparable to bigger brand versions. Not used them in anger yet. Reasonably close fitting, but I am told that the 'Professional' version is a lot looser. Each one comes with both a fencing and a round veil, so useful to have a back up.
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    Malvern Spring Show

    You need to wait for the Three Counties Show in June: Royal Three Counties Show 2022| Three Counties Showground when the BKAs representing the three counties (Herefordshire, Worcstershire and Gloucestershire) will have a stand. Herefordshire's turn to take the lead this year.
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    Blowtorch recommendation please!

    I have had one of those for years. You may find that the most effective way to use them is to go round once, during which the weeds wilt but do not burn because of their water content, and then go round a second time a few days later after they have dried out. They take a few minutes for the...
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    Blowtorch recommendation please!

    Buy cheap - buy twice, Or in my case buy several cheapos before saving money by buying the more expensive Rothenberger.
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    You have been framed...

    Back in Lidl next Sunday...
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