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Best year ever here, 200kg from 2 hives, hard to believe but 9 supers from each, mostly up to end June.

Thanks for the info, but the price I see is £28. Edit: OK see it now......plus 10% discount

I gave a hive away to someone who is very distant. Question is about the returning flying bees that couldn't be kept with it: in order not to lose them should I collect them in a new empty hive on the old site then reunite with a neighbouring queenright hive, or just leave them to find a new...

I have one like this. You can fit 8 super frames in it radially.

The honey in the super is far more expensive, if ripe, than sugar or fondant so not profitable or necessary to use a super

If you want to use a mains supply, at £15 delivered these are perfect.

Not enough power output; chargers are usually about 4 A max but you need about 10 A for the vap.

Shelf live is forever if kept in those conditions, but formic acid does kill a lot of bees too.

To reduce wobble when unloaded it helps if you can balance the cage with a small (stainless steel) weight attached somehere. Support the cage horizontally on a knife edge at each end and fix the weight so the cage doesn't want to settle in one position. In any case rollers on the feet will help...

White spirit then alcohol for the residue.

Exactly, so if the honey is ripe and they're still bringing it in, extract and return, rather than shifting 5 full supers to inspect.

Don't see the point of keeping full capped supers on the hive when there are 3 or more supers on. How can you inspect every week without breaking your back, and it's a waste of super boxes just sitting there. Extract and return if necessary.

You have done well. Selling at the door here only attracts about 10 jar sales a year and at only £5 a 12 oz jar.

One of these and these. Total cost with spinner £180.

I've one of these and it's very good. I've modfied the cage to take 8 super frames and now added a motor for £50.

8p per jar? surely you don't mean that?

Don't have any air freshener as the air here is fresh enough. Will deodorant do?

Yes a real mess when the frames burst. In future I'll staple the bottoms of the foundation, but I'll probably only use FL anyway.

45kg from one of the hives so far, still 3 fullish supers on it and filling. Another hive not far behind. All light, very tasty, no OSR.

No need for wax; I've never used it and comb gets drawn fine