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All my machines are nearly as old as me and were old when I bought them ..Startrite Inca planer thicknesser, Kity bandsaw, Elektra...

Get a few mechanical traps and bait them with chocolate softened then squashed tightly into the bait well/cup. Rodents tend to approach...

Yes... He had lots of good advice, usually right. We miss him on here.

This is the best chemical solution ...with a bit of peanut butter and/or chocolate...

by the chaotic and messy look of the yard, with bits of kit strewn everywhere - I think you managed to stumble upon a bunch of Canadian...

A gentle blower might be but have you seen the way they are blasted out against another box! Into the grass looks harsh enough but...

It's the end of the season, the bees are starting to seal up the hive for winter - not the time of year for undoing all their hard work...

Yes .. I think in the scheme of things it's easy to forget the odd thing that might save you a lot of clearing up .. in my case it was...

Twice this season I’ve had the meniscus on the top of a honey bucket stopping it from overflowing! I break out in a cold sweat when I...

Not only you Pargyle……..bucket needed another inch or two to fill it, tank was almost drained - I thought I’ll just let that seep though...

Well ... confession time for me. I left one of my settling tanks on my decapping bench intending to let the full tank settle overnight...

If you are concerned either drop Robin an email or give him a ring on Monday - they really are the most responsive beekeeping supplier...

If you are going to nadir a super you don't need a queen excluder between it and the brood box - you will be taking it off early in...

In any case , John, that's awful. I would have been in tears! Perhaps then the fumes were too much with the solid floor and the reduced...

the result of my last graft of the season, wish they'd all been this good