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    Mima bee inspection tool

    Really? A single bee. What does that tell anyone?
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    Fear

    http://evolution.anthro.univie.ac.at/institutes/urbanethology/resources/articles/articles/publications/NEL230202R03scent.pdf Interesting question. I would say yes they probably can smell fear but do you see them targeting newcomers standing beside a hive or the person presenting the biggest...
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    Pollen confocal image

    To adjust the z height I am using a motorised stage. Its a 3/4 million pound scope!
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    Pollen confocal image

    Hi Itma, No to both questions. In the confocal microscope out of focus light is blocked with a pinhole. I set the z dimensions and how many steps or focus planes and how thick they should be, then it acquires all the slices. In Image J I deconvolved the stack to increase the resolution. All the...
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    Pollen confocal image

    Hi all, Just for your interest, this is a confocal stack of some pollen grains found in my honey. The stack has been average projected to form the 2D image after deconvolution in Image J. The pollen was then artificially coloured using Photoshop. LC
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    Honey gate valve

    Thanks for the replies everyone. The problem really is when using the valve to fill jars no matter how well tightened the screws are the action of sliding it up to let honey out eventually moves honey around the opening. After enough jars it gets messy and although backward pressure helps as...
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    Honey gate valve

    Hi all, I have had enough of the standard honey bucket gate valves (they leak all around the opening when using) and would like to put a lever style metal one in for next year. Would any type of gate valve made with stainless steel grade 304 be acceptable? Anybody already done this?
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    Cleaning slides?

    All is not lost http://translate.google.co.uk/#la/en/
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    Cleaning slides?

    Is it that you want to clean the slides to look at the specimens that are on them already? A wipe with some alcohol will remove oil etc. If it is to recycle the slides (permanent mounts) please don't bother. I'd rather dry and reuse teabags.
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    Labels and selling jars

    Not sure if that is allowed, the problem I can see is how do you get all the info required at the right sizes on a lid?
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    Labels and selling jars

    replace the nonsense with bbka dot org dot uk
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    Labels and selling jars

    http://www.*************/files/library/selling_honey-l010_1342859898.pdf
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    A spoon full of Nescafe in the feed?

    Some bad and some terrible jokes guys! Thinking sideways, there could be something in this for the pollination crowd. If you started the bees off with a bit of caffeinated syrup they might concentrate their efforts to that locality?
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    A spoon full of Nescafe in the feed?

    http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/food-security/2013/130307-pr-bees-get-buzz-from-caffeine.aspx Bees get a buzz from caffeine 7 March 2013 You may need a cup of coffee to kick start the day but it seems honeybees also get their buzz from drinking flower nectar containing caffeine. Scientists have...
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    A little help with pollen slides

    And yes you can get mounts to reduce magnification.
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