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  1. rolande

    Using reclaimed wood

    Not sure it's scare mongering, simply that times have changed. We did lots of stuff before that perhaps wouldn't be a brilliant advert if repeated today. As always, I take the view that everyone should do what's right for themselves but there's no point in asking a question if there's only one...
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    WHAT THREE WORDS ? Add your three please ...

    Informative interactive herdlike
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    Using reclaimed wood

    The first part of my post pretty much covers the actual reality. We all do as we see fit. Personally, going forward, I see no gain to myself or anyone else who sells honey by advising the use of such boards. So I don't.
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    Using reclaimed wood

    I can remember some of the old boys soaking hive bodies in sump oil as a standard procedure and I'm sure there are still lots of very old creosote *soaked* hive bodies in use which no longer show any sign of the creosote -until you cut in to them to make a repair, then you smell the stuff...
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    Queen Ancestry

    But it's not the diverse combination which we might expect from an uncontrolled congregation area either, which might be of real concern outside of a very intense breeding program despite B+ stating: "it isn't the number of drones a virgin queen mates with that is significant but that they are...
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    Queen Ancestry

    Which just shows how clueless 'plenty of people' must be. Quite different from the way I understand B+ description; to me, it reads that he's using what is undoubtedly reduced diversity compared to that resultant from free mating in a natural congregation area but nevertheless he clearly states...
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    How many bee years are you upto?

    Well I can see where @Curly green finger's is coming from with this although I must admit that I can't really see where he was going! The 'hive year' thing is definitely something which has been mentioned in passing in the past, I'm pretty sure on this forum too. Does it prove anything? In...
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    Happy New year fellow beekeepers. What are your aspirations?

    As I said before, I have no real issue either way. I've certainly clipped 100s of queens in my time, possibly low 1000s without any issue at all. I don't bother now but that's because I don't feel the need with the bees I have, very low swarm inclination. My as yet unfinished thoughts about...
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    Happy New year fellow beekeepers. What are your aspirations?

    More, but natural, rather than manmade added risk?
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    Happy New year fellow beekeepers. What are your aspirations?

    Re clipping: I don't have strong views (anymore) either way having clipped/not clipped. But a question I don't remember being asked by anyone is, in a time of potential high virus loads is it wise to be creating open wounds especially to queens. Maybe there's no issue at all.
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    Happy New year fellow beekeepers. What are your aspirations?

    I think @Curly green finger's misunderstood the nature of the auctions that I suggested he may be seeing in a couple of years. I certainly didn't mean that his time would be well spent trawling the countryside for the odd gem. Perhaps I'm too cynical for my own good but there are some over...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Do you find them to be calm on the comb when full size?
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    What kind of mini nuc is that?
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    Happy New year fellow beekeepers. What are your aspirations?

    If rumours have any validity there may be some! Time will tell.
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