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Trickle is a single treatment in the depths of winter in an attempt to eradicate varroa on the adult bees. It's effectiveness depends on there being no varroa lurking within the brood cells hence it is most effective when there is a brood break. Vaping however is a multiple (three) treatment at...

I've noticed that ITLD paints his poly boxes in different colours. Is this a management system to differentiate between brood boxes and supers? I was also wondering if there is any value in painting poly hives in different colours or adding distinctive markings to reduce the incidence of...

I haven't read every single post in this thread so this may have already been mentioned or highlighted. There is an interesting article posted on the Wirral Beekeepers Site which appears to be a reproduction of the BBKA Newsletter 216. Hopefully here is the link...

Check for yourself but I don't think Mann Lake are doing standard national sizes. They appear to be offering what they refer to as hybrid nationals. I emailed them about a month ago and asked them what the dimensions of their hybrid nationals were and I had a rather evasive reply. I suspect they...