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  • pargyle
    pargyle replied to the thread Runny honey/crystallisation.
    I don't like to brag but it is the best tasting honey on the planet - but I'm far too modest to make it known !
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    pargyle replied to the thread Runny honey/crystallisation.
    MIne has already set ... it usually does - mine is a medium/dark honey - no OSR within flying distance so just run of the mill honey.
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    pargyle reacted to Erichalfbee's post in the thread Runny honey/crystallisation with Like Like.
    Does this make sense? Layering can happen after a time in storage, and it is essentially when the sugars in the honey split and form...
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    pargyle replied to the thread Hive insulation.
    There have been problems with sprayed polyurethane foam used as permanent buoyancy in small boats - in some cases where the cavities...
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    pargyle reacted to Newbeeneil's post in the thread Some help on what has happened here with Like Like.
    It was glyphosphate he mentioned. Concentrations as low as 1ppb caused an effect on cognition.
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    i thought he said Glyphosphate.... I don't think he said Roundup - is there a new formulation for Roundup then ?
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    pargyle reacted to Erichalfbee's post in the thread Hive insulation with Like Like.
    You cover every surface with overlapping aluminium tape then you paint them. The ones in my photo were before they were painted...
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    pargyle replied to the thread Selling, we are doing it wrong..
    As you probably appreciate, from my name, our ancestry is Scottish - we came down with the young pretender in the '45 ... and then...
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    pargyle reacted to jenkinsbrynmair's post in the thread Selling, we are doing it wrong. with Like Like.
    sometime, the quicker one strays away from the original topic, the better for everyone
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    pargyle replied to the thread Hive insulation.
    Aluminium tape to cover the cut edges and the whole lot given a couple of coats of Garden Shades renders PIR almost totally weatherproof...
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    pargyle reacted to jenkinsbrynmair's post in the thread Hive insulation with Like Like.
    noone in the UK, in their right minds wraps their hives. But what you should do is cut a piece of 50mm PIR (celotex) to fit snuglu...
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    pargyle replied to the thread Summer review.
    According to our national news tonight we are dithering a bit rather than following America's lead but this may be because our new Prime...
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    pargyle reacted to Podilia's post in the thread Summer review with Love Love.
    Thank you. I often feel sadness, it is destructive emotion in big doses. However people in the frontline are in more hard conditions. I...
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    Good ... well done. You are probably overkilling it doing a sulphur burn monthly - if they are well strapped up and sealed then there...
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    Thank you for the detailed reply and recommendations . So to address point 8 , I have crush and strained the honey available from the...
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