Nope no difference. Tried it on my 7 at home to see if it would be useful but they don't use it, they prefer to traipse through the brood box and 6 supers lol!!
Yes it's a pretty dire situation at the minute. 25 kg of fondant and 20 litres of sugar syrup fed this week. I bought mine in Asda 2kg for £1.25. Went to Bookers first and it was over £12 for 12 kgs and 25 kg bag was £25, thought Cash & Carry was supposed to be cheaper!!