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I think the last batch I put through the steam wax melter up the shed has equal weights of wasps and wax mixed.

My bees never used to take syrup while thymol was in hive and the queens always went off lay but always bounced back after treatment.moved over to vapourising OA since last year and have had no issues with it.

Me too

All goes through a press so very little honey left just tacky wax

Id prefer them through the letterbox as with working ten hour days I probably wouldn't be home anyway

A lot of folks on here use an stc1000 including me.i use it for incubation as well as warming cabinet.quite accurate and never had a problem with either of mine.

I put my 20 frame on ply board and wheels otherwise I think it would have dug the concrete up never mind the lino.

But you do have a large number of hives.if you only have a few hives then checking suspect colonies would be few and far between.

Petrol blower on future wish list

But you would only use a kit if you suspected foulbrood

I keep a kit for both just in case.used efb kit last year but that came up negative.they are handy test kits.

I often use beequick.works well in warm weather but not so good when cooler.

They were definitely drones.i have two hives with cbpv at the moment

I have lots of drones being evicted.some were booted out a couple of weeks ago which surprised me

Thats more than i thought.wanted to check before giving a price

Anyone know how much per pound honey is selling for when selling by the ton this year

I'm extracting weekly for last three weeks as I'm out of supers.doesn't help when you have a few hives with seven or eight supers on

Emailed me saying the island mated queen would be sent on the 9th.how long did yours take to arrive Brian.

Phoned the sawmill yesterday for a quote and their prices have rocketed.i used to pay around a fiver per roof and yesterday was quoted 33 pounds per length for a single roof.has anyone bought any from there lately to compare price. It will be much cheaper to buy from big Ts sales from now on if...