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That's exactly what I used to do which is better for the bees. But over time beekeepers have over simplified/over thought the ratios. Commercial syrups tend to have a higher concentration of sugar. I used to do 2lb of sugar to 1 pint of water, if you scale it up in metric that is around 2kg...

https://www.apiarybook.com/sugarsyrup.html Your 3.5 litres contains 2.72 kg sugar 2.72 litres water Changing the calculator to 2:1 3.5 litres in calculator 1 would be 4.44 kg to 2.22 litres. Add 1.5kg of sugar at a guess but is probably a little bit thinner than 2:1.

SOLD I spoke to a beekeeper who has given up beekeeping and wants to sell his extractor. Model - Konigan 63-12-RG 12 Frame radial extractor incl Cages. Stainless steel construction Radial frame basket Programable Electric speed controller with auto cut off safety switch on lid. Dimension 1000mm...

When I look at an out apiary site, I look at the hedgerows to see what plants are there. If the owners are rewilding, are they using plants suitable for honeybees. When I first started out, my first out apiary turned out to be unsuitable, admittedly the fields were arable land, but the hedgerows...

The only YouTube video, an unboxing is by Potterne honey, but that was 7 months ago, no updates regarding this season.

Looks like it just monitors temperature, humidity and whether the hive has been moved. For hobbyists it relies on a WiFi connection. The "professional" version for hobbyists and commercials, will work on solar power and mobile network.

Is this a technical term?

Thursday afternoon I'm going with another beekeeper who is thinking of expanding to a retiring commercial beekeeper in Trelewis. Retiring and moving to France. (that is all the info I've been given). If you want I can see what equipment he has left and DM you.

I'm so behind this year. Just added my Apivar strips.

Same but, £15, has a nut on the back.

https://www.thorne.co.uk/processing/tanks-valves-storage-strainers/valves/clean-cut-valve-medium.html This one says 47mm hole

As above sounds like cannibalisation of a desperate colony.

When placing the frame with the queen on back in the hive, make sure she is either in the centre of the frame or away from the side bars if you are using Hoffman frames. Slide it down touching the next frame (Hoffman), will reduce the risk of killing queens.

Sounds more like ordinary frame spacers.

Think of this scenario, the queen was on a brood break when you opened the hive and at that point you may have damaged/killed the queen accidently. They cannot then produce queen cells if all you had were capped brood cells. As @enrico are they play cups? Empty? This is a sign of a healthy...

Those boxes are rotated out and left for 1 to 2 seasons before reuse. I've never seen wax moth larvae inside upon reuse due to them being left empty.

Burn the frames, no point in scorching the boxes, the wax moth larvae would be on the frames. I've always emptied boxes of wasps and closed up the hive.

IIRC one or two on here were using cotton gloves under nitriles

Had help removing supers from one apiary, because I'm out of breath after 2 hours at the apiaries plus I'm not allowed to lift that kind of weight at the moment. Will have to change my routine and phase out Manley frames and use SN1 with castellations, otherwise SN4's.

Since 2011 for nucs https://paynesbeefarm.co.uk/pages/our-poly-hive#:~:text=In%202011%20Paynes%20released%20in,mass%20market%20for%20UK%20beekeepers.