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This month's Which? features heat pumps

Yes, soon after ASHPumps come in about 10 years ago we were visited by a pair of salesmen who tried to persuade us that our dwelling would be ideal - despite the fact that our property is 600 years old, of wattle and daub construction, and inevitably poorly insulated....... BTW, at least it is...

To free-up bee time my best decision was to retire from full time work age 60 and P/T work age 72 - but I realise that's not an option for many folk.:)

50+ years of marriage has taught me that invert syrup is best for a quiet life eg via Suffolk BKA bulk purchase;)

'Ramming in' the bees seems at odds with 'double brood'- unless you have remarkably populous colonies. Remembering that the bee population is likely to dwindle over winter, will there be enough bees come February to maintain a viable temperature within the hive?

Which thread Dani?

OA doesn't appear on the list of substances tested:)

It interests me as an atheist and qualified in biological sciences, that mankind has evolved into societies which have become tribal characterised by mutual aggression led by power-hungry dictators. Survival of the fittest is the obvious explanation but what a shame that Darwinian evolution...

That's a bit scary. I wonder if their testing can differentiate between Apibioxal and generic OA?

:iagree:- as a retired medic too. I sometimes read that after extracting honey the empty frames should be returned to the same box and the same hive so as to avoid cross infection. Contrary-wise, another time I read the recommendation to swap brood frame(s) from one hive to another eg test frame...

Do you use thymol Zac? I forgot this year.

Fancy that!

I'm a complete technophobe so don't understand MHz, SMETS2 etc etc. All I can say is that OVO installed our meter a few years ago. It does its job and there have been no problems:)

I agree Manleys are the best design for supers - self spacing and easier to uncap. I used them for 25 years in Langstroth hives. However when I moved to Suffolk I changed to National hives and bought a 9-frame radial extractor from Thorne's. This machine will not accommodate nine Manleys, only...

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Same here.

As per JBM, I don't bother to remove the attendant workers from the travel cage. However when I introduce the cage I don't remove the tab which covers the fondant but return a day or two later to remove it. Gives the hive bees more time to get acquainted.

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:ROFLMAO: minion | ˈmɪnjən | noun a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one: he gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off.

Get better soon Vanterrier. Maybe we should explain: IBD = inflammatory bowel disease IBS = irritable bowel syndrome