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Many thanks for all the replies, and sorry for the delay in replying. I did split my hive as I had already got a spare second hive to house a new colony. Anyway, in addition to the comments and advice from here, I consulted a textbook no money can buy in the form of Hedgrow Pete. Lots of...

Hello JC. Had a look at Pete's hives the other day. Just a quick question; do you use a bandsaw and a chisel to make those finger joints? I'm making some hives at the moment and getting it a bit wrong to start with - my prototypes. Thanks.

Kirk Amazon do Kirk's book for £12.50 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Guide-Pollen-Loads-Honey/dp/0860982483/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1253828356&sr=8-2-fkmr1 Nice bloke he is too!

I blew the fuel pump on a P reg golf with biodiesel! Cost me £100 to fix, but I still like to do my bit to save the planet - I grow more veg now and use stricly white diesel ;)

Hello all. Just trying to get some advice on an idea I've had, or really asking is this is possible to do. I recently acquired a good hive of bees and they were doing very well so I split them into another hive about 3 weeks ago. Again, the original colony has filled the brood box back up...