Recent content by applejack33

I use Piriton after the event. Works well for me. Local chemist persuaded me to buy "Piriteze" when they were out of stock of Piriton. Told me Piriton would make me drowsy. The Piriteze leaflet has no mention of insect stings or bites, whereas Piriton does state insect bites. Always check the...

Might be a daft question, but you don't mention supers. Do you have supers on? Or is all the honey and nectar in the brood boxes?

Underfloor entrances Beeks, bear in mind Asian Hornets are known to lurk under hives and nip up from there to catch incoming foragers so skirts on rear and sides of space under the hive will be needed otherwise they could be having a field day at the underfloor entrance. I am told they quickly...

Two of my colonies have done exactly the same. The other five are just emptying the fondant containers but not putting any comb in them. Have cleaned up the brace comb and put new fondant on. All are on Nationals, brood and half. Have not ventured into the boxes yet but may soon do so if and...

Trunking entrance for wasp deterrent Does anyone have the size of cable trunking to use over entrances to help deter wasps entering hives?

Dead bees on hive floor In the past I have used a long paint roller arm ( minus the roller)to check and draw out any dead bees and debris. It is long enough to reach most of the floor area. Can even be jiggled in where the entrance block is in place and has a 10 cm entrance gap. (I say...

Clipping Wings So is the Q permanently stuck to the magnet until discovered there then? Or have I missed something?

Sorry Hivemaker , don't know anything about that, don't know if the other chap does either. Probably not , otherwise he may not have joked about it. Can't speak for him though. Sorry, a bit off topic now aren't we?

Bbka Some of them don't have a sense of humour either. I know of someone who made a jokey comment on the BBKA forum about "messy" oxalic (thought to be known as apibiox.....). Next day all his posts had been removed from the site and apparently when he logged in was told, "You are permanently...

New Shed Not half big enough.

Agree with what you are saying Eric, only wish I could have found BS nucs sooner. Never mind, can't expect to win em all. My Mk1 legs are only slightly splayed, less than 2 inches past vertical at the base, just a helpful suggestion to Beefriendly but he already has it sussed. I work my hives...

Yeah, gotcha Beefriendly, all my sites are fairly level so no problem for me. Eric's idea sounds good.

Beefriendly, I solved the problem of 4 full supers by splaying the legs to give a wider base and more stability. The last hive I extracted from last season, someone else's, not mine was a WBC which had 6 full supers plus a half full one. Didn't have the nerve to put all seven on the stand though.

Eric I have polys from Beehive supplies from here in Cornwall, occasionally use the roofs to stand on to help reach high supers, with care, works for me, and I mix and match with cedars. There is inch and half overhang all round with poly boxes and 2.5 inch o/h when used with cedar, helps keep...

Thanks Mark and Beefriendly and the same to yourselves and everyone else on the Forum