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  1. Poly Hive

    Fondant

    Just been told fondant has gone up from £11 a pack to £16-75 from Oct 1st.. The supplier to the bakery is Bako. Ouch. PH
  2. Poly Hive

    Comb storage

    Nige I have a spool of stainless sitting in the garage that I will never use. I'll weigh it if you are interested but I know there is some length on there. On my kitchen scales it goes to 2.5kg but I know it's heavier than that. PH
  3. Poly Hive

    Too much brewed (Brood)

    A location would also help. PH
  4. Poly Hive

    Lyson extractor error code??

    Ok, so serious egg on my face. There is a switch on the control panel, a black one and it changes the rotation from clockwise to anti. I didn't know this and it also has three positions, go clock, neutral and then anti. It was stuck in neutral so the micro switch was totally fine. Many thanks to...
  5. Poly Hive

    Hive Building

    AppiarIAN? Back in the day I made Lang broods and supers using pine planed all round and to keep the costs down I biscuit jointed the planks together then ripped to the size needed. With at least one if not two glue joints in the mix having a very strong joint was important. I invested in a...
  6. Poly Hive

    Lyson extractor error code??

    Yes that is what they said but umm.... no spare plug. They are insisting there is so I've taken pics and just sent them off. Had the micro switch off (I knew those 1mm Allan keys would come in handy one day) backed off the wires and gave them a drop of WD40, put it all back together and no...
  7. Poly Hive

    Is this the best extractor EVER ?

    Actually the one I had was modded by Mobus so it ran with no lid. Bloody dangerous and I treated it with great respect because of that. He did it initially as a means of spinning out heather rather than crushing it in a press. I used it mainly for cleaning honey through very fine mesh and it was...
  8. Poly Hive

    Lyson extractor error code??

    I switched the machine on (12 frame radial) and got an error code of two 7 with the second one reversed. I have googled but cannot find anything so any thoughts please? PH
  9. Poly Hive

    polyhive.info site is closing

    I had in the post title but the site has dropped it. polyhive.info PH
  10. Poly Hive

    polyhive.info site is closing

    Due to the rise in hosting costs, I have reluctantly decided to shut the site down. If there is anything there that you want to use please copy it. polyhive.info PH
  11. Poly Hive

    Putting the clearer board above a super

    If your colonies are in single BB 's they are NOT "big". PH
  12. Poly Hive

    500mm x 500mm excluder?

    I'm probably too used to Amazon now. Yes STB aka awkward. As helpful as a dead bee in my experience. But you know it's his loss as I just take my spend elsewhere. PH
  13. Poly Hive

    500mm x 500mm excluder?

    So it turns out the supplier had at the time two colours of "National" yellow and green. I informed them I had made an erroneous purchase and could I change them out. Answer was no you are out of our refund/exchange time. I thought what time? No sign of it on the site that I have noticed so no I...
  14. Poly Hive

    500mm x 500mm excluder?

    Naming no names.... I ordered some National excludes and they came out the packet yesterday. Felt a bit odd but thought nothing of it until I put one on a hive. Hmm...bit of an overlay thinks I... Just measured it and since when is this a National size? I have always thought 460 x 460 was Nat...
  15. Poly Hive

    Ling now showing colour....

    Pollen? No need the moors are full of it. I put mini nucs and three good colonies for the drones up to the moors one year in late June. On my return from offshore the two supers I had given the drone colonies were all full to the brim. There is more on the moors than you might think, so take a...
  16. Poly Hive

    Ling now showing colour....

    Just a heads up that Murray Tweeted that it is looking like a VERY EARLY Ling season. If you are planning on moving, get moving or miss it When I worked for Heather I was on the moors for the 3d week in July and the bees did very well on the flowers amongst the heather until the Ling started...
  17. Poly Hive

    Potentially queenless?

    Patience is your friend. Many introduced queens are lost on introduction due to the presence of a virgin because a test frame has not been used. PH
  18. Poly Hive

    Slightly amused.

    I had these formers made for me some years ago when offshore and they were to be 9mm as at the time that was the suggested dia. Now it seems it's better to be 10mm. My old holder was packing in so having bought a bonny new set of drill bits I decided to make a new one. Out came the micrometer...
  19. Poly Hive

    Adding a 2nd brood box

    I often find cells in the bottom BB. PH
  20. Poly Hive

    Brick wall on queen rearing

    I believe in well seperated sites. PH
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