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    Extractor Handle

    My extractor handle snapped today (its just one those chinese jobbies) has this happened to anyone and is there a replacement anywhere?? Thanks
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    Suggest best polyhive

    Paynes for me..sold all my wooden hives..better survival rate over winter
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    Honey Extractor

    Any recommendations for honey extractors?? Are the cheepies on ebay any good?? Thanks Alan
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    Making an increase

    All thanks for the replys, I suppose I should have worded the question how do I force the production of queen cells?? But there have been some good points well made. I went into winter with seven as I united the weaker hives. February came and the bees were out flying form five hives, so I...
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    Making an increase

    Having gone from seven hives to two over winter, im keen on making increase. Seems the easy way is to do everything in opposite to prevent swarming? Any ideas?:thanks:
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    Swarm prevention thoughts

    Brosville - No its just a primary swarm Rae - re double brood - check a guy called Ian criag from scotland. His method is fantastic, he has eighty hives and checks for q/c by just cracking the middle of the brood boxes. He did a talk at our club conference. Very inspiring just complicated when...
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    Swarm prevention thoughts

    Lost four hives due to swarming despite continual checks (nearly daily) since the hot weather arrived. All I ever saw were queen cups, which according to the books and many opinions on here are just for play. Even with an egg in I should have few days to sort out an A/S strategy. So I've been...
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    Swarm question

    No I havent, but i'm seriously thinking of starting
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    Swarm question

    Whilst checking my hives sat 12th may I found two hives with sealed queen cells and both still had queens in (probably bad weather kept them in?) so I carried out a hive split and took the queen cell brood box to the side removed the queen and put her back onto the original site with two frames...
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    Mesh floor material

    Yes I've used the two types of mesh that th*rnes supply and apparently the black thin mesh has a problem of bee legs being trapped in it, so I moved onto the galvanised diamond mesh which is very rigid once bent and sits very nice in the floors. I checked the price and its £4.39 for an 18 x 18...
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    Mesh floor material

    Thanks i'll try Thomas Graham. Surprised nobody's asked this before! Eric - Hard work never killed anybody!!
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    Mesh floor material

    What i'm after (cos i'm lazy) is the spec of mesh they use. I've bought the 18 x 18 galvanised sheets for making floors, but it's a bit pricey, so I was wondering if I can buy a large sheet and cut them out??
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    Mesh floor material

    Does anyone know what type of mesh thornes use for floors?
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    National hives with bees wanted

    I'm sorted now thanks. Bee's coming out of me ears
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    National hives with bees wanted

    If your thinking of packing up give me a shout. Cumbria based. Thanks Alan
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