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    Opinions - best vehicle for Beeks?

    Land Rover Discovery V8 for me. Fit eight double brood colonies in the back, roof rack for hive stands etc. towbar for trailer, 20+ colonies on the trailer.
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    Light at the end of the tunnel !!

    :iagree:
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    The Beekeeper's Twelve Days of Christmas

    11 frames plus dummy board...?
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    What's the most interoperable poly?

    :iagree: Using a box with the same external dimensions as the rest of the kit makes beekeeping a lot easier. The flat area for frame rests give me no issues either. However if you only have MB or the Paynes offering just stick with them.
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    Running Mike Palmer's system on Nationals

    The kingspan use was just to give the width not for any insulation advantage, I could just use thicker wood.
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    Running Mike Palmer's system on Nationals

    The nuc boxes use deep frames so they are for brood rearing. The shallow boxes are used as ekes on top of crownboards so no frames are fitted.
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    Running Mike Palmer's system on Nationals

    Hi LJ, I have too been thinking along Mike Palmers lines and using my existing National kit. I have successfully overwintered, over the last few years, colonies in wooden five frame nuc boxes that are strapped together. It enables me to use standard roofs, shallow boxes, ekes etc. The nuc...
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    Honey

    People buy my honey because they like it and people buy it because they claim it helps their hayfever, either way it benefits me.
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    P**nes Poly Nuc plastic coverboard

    :iagree: Never had to mess about and modify as suggested by some on this forum, seems like they are looking for non-existent problems.
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    allotment eviction

    One of our allotment members thinks that bees should not be on allotments.....not sure how he thinks pollination happens!! He also has a friend helping him who doesn't like to get her hands dirty while 'working' on their plot. I'm afraid its the way of the world. :rolleyes: They probably also...
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    Frames - Seconds

    I'm not surprised really. I'm amazed at what is bought by the one hive owner, what they seem to be happy to pay and then give up after a few years.
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    Frames - Seconds

    Rob N who organises the bulk buy stuff for the BFA asked a while ago about bulk buying of hive parts and there was only one person who talked to him about frames in particular. I suppose there would need to be a consistent demand for certain frame sizes so fixed prices can be offered, I don't...
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    Swienty Poly feeders

    I don't use runners in my poly hives and the lugs don't get too stuck on the flat rests. I have found that if I just use the boxes as supplied without any modification they work fine, including just putting the feeder onto the top box without a shim. I used a shim once and the bees built a lot...
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    Replacing wet supers after extraction

    You can use cappings wax for candles and cosmetics, it has more value than just wax exchange. see post #4 from ITMA.
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    More good fortune........

    Very good, well done :hurray::hurray:
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