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If it's not an impertinent question, was the apparent effect sufficient to persuade you to buy a replacement? Tony.

GaryB's comment about Bee Gym set me off searching the forum - which led into other related things - and it turns out these things (and others similar) have been discussed before. See http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34266&page=4 Actually (as inconclusive as it may be), Bee...

Wandering through eBay again, and came across this: eBay item 14214020551 "NEW weapon in the fight against Varroa destructor mites" Surely, if it was that easy . . . . . . but could there be anything in it? (sounds a bit like sandpaper, from the description) Thoughts welcome. Tony.

Not at all sure - and, from another viewpoint, how much is on offer? Rather like the adds from one of the bigger ebay sellers, there's nothing to give a clue as to package size. Tony.

Thanks, alldigging - several good points there. I'll bear these in mind as I use the stuff in future. Cheers, Tony

Prompted me to go googling! The topic gets quite broad - some things cause a temperature drop when dissolved (another notable example being when you dump a load of salt into an ice/water mixture), others cause an increase. I don't intend delving any further into this, 'cos I don't need to know...

Thanks to both of you - much appreciated. I'll make it up at a packet to the gallon in a bucket and hang onto it as long as it keeps working (or till it looks truly awful!). My doubts arose when I noticed the significant temperature drop when the stuff dissolves - made me wonder whether there...

I've a couple of questions about “washing soda” - sodium carbonate, I think. I didn't use it till I got the bees, and it gets mentioned in several of the beekeeping books. It seems good at getting sticky propolis and similar off the Marigolds, hive tool, etc. The instructions on the packet...

I'm a very new beekeeper - started early June. The colony did not start well (queen problems, eventually fixed by buying a new, well-mated queen) - now preparing two colonies for winter, and all is going well. I have a decent mentor, I'm in the local BKA and I read a lot. I also spend far too...

Just seen the same problem on a Maisies nuc that's just "come home" following the addition of bees & brood to boost numbers. I've put a strip of "modelling mesh" (handy stuff, btw) on the walls and bottom of the feeding slot to allow them to climb out of the syrup more easily. Hopefully that...

(Sorry - started as a quick reply, but turned into a bit of a long story!) Not sure what's going on there. With my current feeder, which sits on the crownboard inside the eke, there are no bees under the roof - there's no way in, 'cos the feeder blocks the hole. The feeder has a lid over the...

I agree - mine's back in the shed, and the hive has a 4 pint rapid feeder, an eke and a crownboard. The hive is in the garden, so I can easily keep an eye on things and top up the feeder as needed. The big feeder is fine (I suppose) if you've got a lot of hives to manage, or they're a long...

A pal had a significant problem with wasps when using a poly feeder that M****re make for their poly nucs. He didn't paint it inside before he used it, and enough syrup percolated through to encourage the wasps to try and chew a way in (although I think that was mainly on the body, rather than...

Many thanks, JBM - I understand now! Tony

Is the chaos worse than if it was worker foundation? If so, why, please? (Lot to learn here - not everything is found in books!) Thanks, Tony

(My first posting - Hello, all!) This reminded me of something I read the other day - a piece of UK research from 2012, which can be found by searching the bibba.com site for "The health and status of the feral honeybee population of the UK". (I was going to post a link, but can't, since this...