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Analog TV was better, in many ways. More energy efficient, less reliance on infrastructure, better performance in low signal areas - but...

Made the mistake of going to Sainsburys yesterday. Forgot they had had problems. All the people who didn't get their shopping delivered...

Not the same thing. Reliability is a separate issue. It's one thing to have a phone on the blink that can be fixed or changed. Quite...

OK. A bit of social history. As some of you may know, in a previous life I was a police officer. In 1980 I took on a country beat for...

Different circumstances and different time of the year (it's just a story, not a recommendation) , but I united four colonies (apiary...

Thanks for the help.

wait for the brood to emerge then unite, you don't want to be faffing around consolidating the brood in this weather

Maybe I should wait for the brood to emerge in the Q- colony before uniting them?

The more I think about this, the more I'm worried about what will happen at this time of year with having effectively two brood nests in...

I wouldn't, and never have - shake them out a few yards away and within minutes they will have found somewhere to beg their way into...

Double-check for a virgin or a dud old queen. If you do shake out, put a board on a shallow slope leading up to the Q+ colony entrance...

I'd agree & haven't inspected yet except to clear out a dead hive. But having rendered one colony queenless whilst too early to requeen...

I know, mea culpa. It was 14 degrees and I was just trying to establish the presence of brood to avoid laying workers, as I've ended up...

Thanks both.

unite 1 and 3 shake out the other