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Thank you (y) ; these were really just a test as read lots of negative stuff about OSB, yet plenty of people have used them for years (with zero issues) - after a winter, mine still look new. I won't be making more though, but they seem great. They will display different traits depending on XYZ...

I'd say it was down to genetic traits rather than environment. Some stocks weld everything together with propolis, some with wax! etc etc Yeah those vents are odd and pointless indeed, tbf most of my hives are poly and the few wood units I purchased were cheap tests and guess the lack of vents...

Bar the first gabled roof hive I purchased, none of the standard wood roofs i've picked-up have those vents. Even so, with a metal covering the vent and the mesh it'll be trivial. Leave the CB hole(s) open and let the bees fill the mesh if they don't like them (some will/some leave them be(e)).

Who teaches this stuff? how does that offer ventilation with a roof stuck on. I reckon it makes zero difference, the roof seals the hive and I've not seen any issues leaving them open or closed (and mine are 80mm dia cut custom multi boards/feeders). As a rule, they are covered with ply plug or...

If those were the cells* that died and you removed them before day 10, you risk killing them all. Using the Ben H method (Q+ DB ((there are many variations on the method, it's not Bens))) I can graft 20 + cells and get 98-100% success (regardless of flow). Frame food/young bees are key, works...

50% from the queen and 100% from the drone (half the chromosomes) 16+16.

If you want full control (or just cull poorly open-mated queens).

Plenty on here ho ho They carry the data to create super nasty hellish bees.... most of the traits your lovely bees have, come from the father drone(s). Her spermatheca will hold all the sperm from the drones she mated with. Each time she lays an egg, sperm is released to fertilise (or not)...

Yep, like he covers in detail.

Usual replies without much context, so here goes. Queens mate with many drones so you'll get a mix of traits across the board, she may well mate with a defensive drone(s) and those traits can display and become dominant. She might have been carrying those defensive genes yet needed the right...

I must be mad ha

Dropped to £100 + postage or i'll keep to move cells around - bargain!

Bishops Bees in the end, spent the week there covering lots of different areas (Darren is great). Also, lots of help from Mark M and Sue over in the US, mixed with lots of reading.

I must have small fingers ha. - I found removing the inner tray and cutting the sponge back (and not using those silly spacers bars helped (a lot), cheers

Update on this (if anyone is interested) - After lots of reading/intense training (hard), I actually managed to cover this end-to-end last year with totally successful results. Alongside DASH at the same time (as well as working full-time and running the bee biz), prob why I nearly had a...

Hi Mark, you can fit 70 standard (full) cages in these fine - just for ref (if you really need) cheers

Reduced to £140 - Bargain!

He'll supply both or whatever you need by the pallet, either standard wax or their own. @Rob H - email or ring him but it sounds like Maisemore might be a better option. Regards Abelo, ask for some samples (frames/Wax) and compare, their wax is very good (y)

Just to add, Abelo and Murrys foundation are very good.