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Watch out for wax moth, they will perforate them.

Two q cells? That's supercedure.

Local mongrels

Is he due a workplace pension?

I've done loads like this. Fishing line one side, lay it in and wire it up. There is a quicker, less destructive way, but I'm not revealing that one till I've done a few more. Next one is this weekend, easy one, but big colony. Derek, if you want wild bees, just holler, your only 40 mins from...

Bird table?

Very happy with my thrones sale specials. £35

I have 40 hives and I struggle to keep on top of the weeds in the apiary, and that's without managing the hives! I'm self employed so do have a fair amount of free time away from work.

To confirm a colony has survived, you'd have to see pollen from the first spring flowers going in before any swarms appear, then monitor it daily to ensure it is active and that no other swarm has moved in.

Some of us poor souls still are Enrico....

I found they built severa combs either side of fishing line. Now just use wax coaster coffee stirrers to start, no other support.

It's from the biobees library ...tons of garb in between the www and te end Constructive beekeeping

http://www.------------/library/general_beekeeping/beekeeping_books_articles/ConstructiveBeekeeping_EdClarke.pdf

True MasterBK. It all depends on the situation locally. If the rats in your yard are the only ones locally, then killing ALL of them will solve the problem for a while. If there are chickens or avid bird feeders nearby, then they will be back. Similarly, if you only kill some of the rats, and...

Or, you could keep your bees sufficiently insulated as to deal with the varroa in their own way.