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    Autumn spring disaster

    slice free queen excluder Dont think it would work, if I did that it would drop the combs attached to the excluder down into to the hive body but thanks for the suggestion as it might work if I cut the excluder down the line were the unframed combs are attached to the frames then by cutting...
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    Autumn spring disaster

    Thanks Oliver90owner and enreco I suppose there isnt really an EASY way out of it, I might buy a pair of expensive gloves before I attempt to take it apart, most of my equipment, is like me, getting old, I started beekeeping in 1978 with 2 WBC hives for £20 by 1995 I had 24 commercial hives, at...
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    Autumn spring disaster

    Late summer last year there was a serious family health problem which meant bees were not looked after or inspected as they should have been . I had put a second broodchamber on one hive, with only half the number of frames(with drawn out comb), I had the intention of calling at thornes the...
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    moving a hive verticaly

    Thanks for the reply Moving the hive outside wouldnt be a problem, but dropping the height from its current floor level of 4foot high to hive stand height is what I am concerned about The shed is not exactly bee proof , so the bees might go back into the shed instead of finding the hive Or...
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    moving a hive verticaly

    3 weeks ago I had a swarm enter a hive, two days later it rained solid for 48 hours and I decided to feed went in to my shed (it has a grill door and is only about 6 foot high) for a feeder bucket and felt something on my head. looked up and 3" from my face was a small swarm on the roof it...
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