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Being tight.... FB Market place for chest freezer free to take as broken. STC1000 controller accurate to +/- 1degreeC. Loads of vids on youtube for wiring up. £10-99 on Amazon. Two 28W oil filled heaters and off you go. £23-95 on Amazon. All up cost sub £50. Will gently melt crystalised honey...

Can the OP describe this fence please. Preferably with a photo as something has acted as a trigger here. PH

I think access to extractors was the doom of comb honey. Back in the day some of the numbers esp the Irish numbers of sections per colony were eye watering. PH

Why use wood? It's cold and damp. These are for various nucs. 2" or 50mm deep. Glued (titebond3) and one long screw for strength. Usually 60mm or so. PH

I would take advice and then write a letter to the council as the "officer" has effectively stated an opinion which may very well be erroneous. I would address the letter to initially your local councillor and point this out, ie that Gov bodies regard bees as agricultural. Also I believe that...

A table saw Mabee. I cut many of them to size using Bernards table saw. The real problem was the lip left for the frames was very fragile but in general it worked very well. I ran them as Smith top bars, and 12 frames per box. My saw now has a sliding table;e but if you look up "Table saw...

I've run supers of RR on poly and if the bees are strong enough and inclined to do so the results can be very good. I suspect though that most bees are not up for it. If you look up "section bees" it may be clearer. Gary R where did you get poly in 77? PH

I'll just drop this little bomb the book that you're discussing is the first book that I bought regarding American beekeeping and I can remember most of being very early 1990s reading this book in the bath and thinking what what size of colonies because he was talking ,if I remember about...

Yes. Not sayuimg more as recovering from hand surgery. PH

Some will be unaware of this but it was firmly established in the 1950's that brood was perfectly normal in Winter clusters. An entire apiary was inspected over the Winter period and the brood nests measured. Mobus theorised that it was there for water management purposes. In Spring my...

I looked at those prices and whistled. So... I sell 6 frame nucs at £220. I am not increasing my prices as I want to help beginners and not profiteer. My frames are in stock and several years old now so no increase there. My foundation is getting pricier yes but for the time it takes me to make...

If anybody has one can they give me please the dimensions of the rebate as I have offered to make a part for one and didn't realise that the hive is rebated. TIA PH

Good idea yes. Thanks.

I have been asked by a highly educated person for the above as their hobby is genetics and they are fascinated about bees and want to dive deeply into the subject. Suggestions please?

If that's the one you suggested before it was a disaster. I couldn't get it to line up and nor could anyone else. Junked it. PH

I am needing a label gun that can cope with BBF and Batch # I tried one before that was an unmitigated waste of money. Suggestions of tried and successful units please? PH

No research... Mobus in ABJ. He trialled the OMF for improved WIntering pre Varroa, and nothing to do with it either, that was a jump by the makers of gadgets aak as the suppliers. PH

Two things to consider. Are you sure its a viable Q cell and not one re sealed after the virgin emerged and the viability of drones is now dubious at best so all in all certainly up here not a hope. PH

If a bit of kit fails to work for you dump it and make something that does. KISS PH

Don't run more than you are comfortable with, it's not your livelihood and must not impact on that or family. #1 Simplify. As said same boxes, kit that works for you not against you. Entrances for instance that are 8mm so no mouse guards and so on. Have spare kit on site no use miles away...