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If you have advice about how to deal with slugs, then I am "all ears".

Your comments are expressed politely, and I thank you for that. I wish to give a polite answer. Some of the other comments in this thread were formulated by minds that seem to thrive on vulgarity. It is true that different climate conditions contribute to different methods being required for...

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If I have a particular style, it is probably the consequence of my responsibilities as a documentation specialist during the latter years of my professional working life. I wish to avoid ambiguity, but have been amazed how some people have nevertheless managed to misconstrue and twist some of my...

If you want to check on the bees during winter, I have found it helpful to use a clear crown board. This method uses a sheet of clear acrylic or polycarbonate plastic, rather than plywood for the crown board. It is then very easy to get a "top side view" of the bees without disturbing them, or...

You ask about the availability of 25mm thick insulation boards. You have mentioned that you could obtain thicker material, but that your preference is for 25mm material. I was able to obtain 100mm polystyrene material from a house construction project, but also wanted thinner material. I have...

I believe that we, as beekeepers, should take reasonable steps and measures to enable our bees to thrive. There are, regrettably, many different maladies and pests which afflict bees, and I as a caring beekeeper wish to take reasonable steps to enable my bees to prosper. This attitude of care...

I do not have enough experience to know what effect the earwigs might have on my bees. I do know the effect of the earwigs in my strawberry garden - it is not good - and I do not want to encourage them. My main reason for responding in the first instance was to let others know that in different...

Your comment about earwigs seems to hilight the differences we experience with different climates in different parts of the world. Even though we are only just beginning to experience pleasant Spring weather just now in Melbourne - we had had cool conditions, and above average rainfall - the...

Thank you, Polyhive for your response. Sorry if I thought that you were talking about me. I am so glad that you did not mean me. No, the cap does not fit. That must mean that you are supportive of me. Thank you

Thank you Dani, I think that I have made my point

Polyhive, I cannot let your comment pass without challenging you. You seem to be implying that I have been talking rubbish. If you are in such strong disagreement with my beliefs about "sugar-cakes", which I might also now refer to as "fondant substitute", then please explain to me why you...

Finman, please "lighten up" a little. No racist comment was made, and it is bad that you made such a suggestion. Now, about "sarcastic". It seems strange to me that you would object to a sarcastic comment if it was written about you. You have made many sarcastic comments. There is another...

May I say thank you to those forum members who have responded positively to my postings in this “discussion” thread. To those who have not agreed with what I have said, please read my posts again, to see what I have actually said, rather than some misconstrued or twisted interpretation of what...

Leisure battery and deep cycle battery are two alternative names for the same thing.

Thank you Beebe for your comments. My blood pressure is OK.

If you do decide that you need to buy a battery, then please let me suggest that you check or compare the differences between normal automotive batteries which are designed to provide high current for short durations, and deep cycle batteries which can sustain a steady load for long periods...

I would like to express my respect for other members of this forum, and not express my feelings in public, than to get into a slanging match with you. However there is a litany of complaints I could bring, concerning the disrespectful and insulting comments which you have so frequently made...

To those people who have been offended, or take umbrage at my any of my postings in this discussion, I wish to say Sorry. To see such vigorous opposition to what I said would suggest that I was guilty of some kind of heresy. Please let me preempt any “clever responses” which some may be tempted...

Thank you, Ian, for your question. Firstly, concerning the question of whether or not bees can store sugar syrup, to make fake honey. Do you agree that this is factual. If it is factual, then my suggestion is valid. If this is not a factual statement, then why has this suggestion been...