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No losses as in what I would consider dwindling from high HMF but I have seen many troubles troubles from using fondant incorrectly. Buying fondant and having way to much, using it year after year causes trouble. HMF isn’t just caused by heat but also by time. Crystal size is also important...

Cheap out dated or free fondant that’s been given away or feeding the stuff meant for icing cakes. Home made fondant is just that made at home from sugar that’s been over heated and started to go yellow or darken.

No mention of bakers fondant in my post.

My experiences tell me different but I am not blaming bakers fondant but some of the practices around the use and type of fondant.

We supply Apipasta range from Zukan and are the UK distributor fair enough. like many it’s a good product, well packaged and ready to use. I like knowing we’re feeding our colonies something I have backup on with traceability and relevant health certificates. We enjoy using our Apipasta range...

Modern Beekeeping but also started this in honey production. We still produce and pack honey under Happy Valley Honey. I am not blaming bakers fondant as such with my comments but bad practises with fondant. Fondant inverted by acid or heated to high or for to long do cause excessive bee...

Yes really, when taking as many calls from beekeepers as equipment suppliers do then these things start to show up. I receive many calls in the spring from concerned individuals who have had problems over wintering. I strongly believe that there is a link between losses and poor feeding...

100% agree, we see this so many times people feeding home made or cheap fondant to bees and wondering why they no longer have them in the spring. And surprisingly the dwindling always seems to occur after adding the fondant. Also the vast amount of beekeepers quoting some very outdated books...

Your supplier does have an axe to grind at times so much so that when faced with legal action for selling their bakers fondant to beekeepers I backed down. It wasn’t a fight a wanted or could afford.

There not to bad really, I guess it would depend on the bees. The mesh doesn't get propolised as it's the feeder and technically sealed because of the door at the back. The frames can get quite stick but Logar make a special hive tool for removing the frames, as the frames are just on two...

We use some AZ hives, pretty much for fun really but I really like them. The nice thing about them is that the heaviest thing you lift is just one frame at a time.

Poly hives do come with dents and scratches from the factory at times, when they are ejected from the mould they may show scratches, some of the dents are caused after mould release. Generally you will find the exact same dent on every component on a pallet load, our hives bought from Modern...

I find the Dadant a little big for myself but I do like Langstorth deep for a brood box, the extra space in the brood is just right I feel and that nationals are generally to small and require some extra management. But I really don't like 14x12 frames they are just to deep. Langstroth and...

Logar all day, really well made kit. Modern Beekeeping are the UK agent for Logar. The base of the extractors are pretty unique and I don't recall seeing anything like them before.

Modern Beekeeping are through Swienty.

Thank you for the kind words :-)

I love my Swienty Breeze suite, wasn't sure I would like a ventilated suite but once I used one I wouldn't go back.

If it's a national hive they are top bee space.

No need for metal runners on Paradise Bee Box as they have integrated plastic runners that are hard enough to withstand a life time of use. We use allot of paradise poxes National and Langstroth.

Correct, assembled and painted. Also you can mix and match your timber components with the Paradise hives and it's no more or less a compromise then it would be with say the Payne's or Maisemore poly hives. The other difference is that you can actually use your timber room as it fits over the...