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Frederick Dunn said bees fan it into every crevice

LOROB BEES OXALIC ACID VAPORIZER The knowledgeable American Frederick Dunn just did a post about this product on YouTube It’s expensive and needs electricity but it looks well made and well designed. Is there such a thing in the UK? It has a pipe to deliver the gas through a quarter inch hole...

My hives are insulated and there has been no bearding at all.

Thanks I’d seen a comma where there was none. Apologies 🙏👍

Why will it be harder? Insulation provides a stable temperature

Have you seen this guide in particular for unwired comb melting : Comb Collapse | How to Prevent | Free Guide My National and Warre hives are already insulated with 75mm Celotex but I have added Celotex sunshades to the two top bars. The short ends are insulated from within and I’ll make...

Will need to create some first 😎

Hi I have a swarm in an uninsulated nuc. The top bar hive I ordered is due any day now. I’ve just received an insulated polystyrene nuc. Should I leave the swarm, which is quite big, in the present nuc until the top bar arrives or put it straight into the insulated nuc for a few days? I’m...

Or ge [Or get Celotex with it’s own covering which you can then paint 🙂

I too have never had a reaction until this spring and with only one sting I suffered swelling to my cheek and redness that wouldn’t go down for some days. I’m also wondering about getting an epipen.

Hi Have you looked at Zest hives..not the prettiest but interesting. I have a standard long top bar bought from Thorne’s that I’m hoping to provide a colony with a home in this year. Top bar hives seem the most appealing to me especially as there’s no heavy lifting and they feel like a more...

Slava Ukraini Love strength and support for all Ukrainian bees and their keepers

For the external cladding of insulation I painted and varnished on top of the aluminium foil of the 75mm Celotex and down the cut edge. I did this for uv and to separate bees from any chemicals that might be in the polystyrene. It seems to be keeping them cosy. On the National hive I added a...

My logic for adding the insulation was that with this weird atypical October weather it was getting too hot inside during the day with the number of bees and maybe then falling to chilly temperatures at night. Insulation will regularise the temperature inside the hive and ventilation was kept...

My Warre hive girls did this bearding at night too. I’m a total newbie but I thought perhaps it was a matter of temperature regulation so I made a 75mm thick Celotex outer covering and apart from the girls taking a few steps back in shock at the new cladding they seem happy and have settled back...