Recent content by markylaird

http://www.bizzybee.co.uk/bb/products/bizzybee-latex-free-gloves/ get them from asda £2 odds

I have a problem where the bees remove my larva from the NC Queen Rearing Kit with the plastic cups and place them in brood comb? I grafted on the 4th of this month into 40 cell cups on frames (first attempt). I used a 6 frame nuc box, 4 frames of near emerging brood with a further 4 frames of...

should i put roof ventilation in?

making 10 national roofs today any idea what depth i should make them. I have 75mm x 20mm lots of this acquired free but if its not deep enough im going to b&q?

Total wood cost was 120 pounds just over 2 sheets of 18mm ply and enough soft wood to make 90 fillets for the boxes. That made me 10 supers 10 brood boxes and 10 spare fillets. The sawmill near me shawfieldtimber cut all the ply and plained the fillets and cut them to 424x 26x44 with no charge...

Got a new toy yesterday so built some boxes today how do they look? should i use resin to seal the ends or waterproof pva? Ducksback to paint them or sadolin?

thanks for the advice i will email them tonight

i dont mind spending the money for something if its good and will last

This Year i hope to get some honey from my hives so looking to get a nice extractor. I have bought 250 Manley frames also have SN4 in the hives already my budget is 1000 pounds. The one i have been looking at is...

you dont think lifting them off their floor will disturb them?

should i chop some off? and put a heat plate against the wood then have a shorter pipe. i have steel pipe but its bigger should i use that?.

http://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_EN_CB4400958.htm

How do you treat a poly hive with that method then? Im no einstein but im sure it would melt.

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