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Yes there is some willow nearby and zillions of daffs thanks. K ;)

Sitting here in lovely sunshine, light breeze and a few fluffy clouds about... Rather be in Northumberland than Europe like you lot K :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Well temperatures and breeze were spot on today here. Bees massing at entrance with loads of yellow pollen (daffodil?) And some taking in water, so I decided to bite the bullet... reconfigured hive by removing 5" eke below OMF (which I had filled with insulation earlier) placed OMF with...

Your missus is not going to be happy when she goes into the shed to pop down to the shop on her bike and sees her wheels missing :oops: K ;)

Wet again here too... its depressing:( K :(

OK thanks for that K ;)

Very nice ;) and ref another recent thread, do you only put castellations on one side of the box or am I looking at two different boxes? Just wondering... K ;)

Being south of the Tyne its all Europe anyway 🤷‍♂️ K :ROFLMAO:

Remember, the earlier you fall behind, the longer you have to catch up ;) K 🤣

My old Vulcan .22 can still kill a rabbit. But only if I hit it with the butt :rolleyes: K ;)

Back to plastic spacers... I can see I have three different width spacers So, I can have 8, 9, 10 or 11 frames depending on which spacers used end to end or overlapping. From what I read here I will use the 37 for brood. Start the supers on 37 then change to 47 or 52 later to deepen the comb...

Thanks for that comprehensive reply. I have just bought DN1 and SN1 frames in the sales so Hoffman are a future consideration, thanks. I don't have a tangential spinner ( or any spinner yet) so that's OK for now. I inherited most of my existing kit so I'm happy to use what I have for now but...

Could someone outline the optimum use for each width of the plastic frame spacers please. I inherited lots of both and used the 35mm on my bb last year. Just wondering if the wider ones are for supers to get deeper comb/honey or if I'm missing a trick. K ;)

I know this doesn't answer your question, sorry, but I thought it would be of interest to other beginners who, like me, have not reached the stage of recovering wax. Apologies if its already covered elsewhere on the forum, I couldn't see anything in the stickies section...

Would a single electric blanket do the job I wonder? K :unsure:

Reminds me of Gerald on Clarksons Farm K :ROFLMAO:

Nah sorry, just something I was told when I asked directions in zummerzet... ooh arrr K ;)

Oi gants a ricky-toodle Dan the clackers an it gets very mushdy Dan the nurdle heep... or so I hear K ;)

I wonder if AI can do local dialects? If not it might be a way of convincing others you are not a bot. I'm not, I think but how can I tell? Whey man, being a geordie beekeeper is canny mint like an am gonna have a reet load of honey if am lucky ye naa. Pick the bones out of that AI K ;)

Built 70 frames from 100 bought in Maisemore sale. Ran out of pins (thank god) so could not continue... K ;)