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I have to disagree, my time is too precious and visiting beekeepers in Portugal who intensively trap they have the same pressure when July comes around, than if they didn’t, I saw no difference trapping or not in the spring in my desperate early days and same attacks. The other beekeepers also...

I don’t currently live in PT so can’t give you updated info but when I left in august 2021 I had almost zero VV, VC were more abundant, a few visitors when wind changed direction. I had hornets wipe out only 4 colonies in the 7 years I dealt with them, heavy attacks in 2014, all end colonies...

Modified sine and pure sine are very different with efficiency, I was advised to go down the pure sine route. I can run my set up for a few hours without much impact on the battery (85ah)

Is your inverter on the battery and generator a pure sine wave?

I'll send you a message as having time out of FB

Yes I thought it would block but it doesn’t, it just powers through

I’ll ask, problem is shipping is quite expensive from turkey, I can probably get you one with future orders. There is also a multi barrelled one which resembles a gatlin gun but looks OTT to me. I can loan you it if you pay for postage but you would need a gas regulator as these here are...

Hi Laurence, I don’t, I got it through a friend in Turkey, I’ll find out in time though. You have probably seen it, I’ll attach a pic. I did take a video but it’s impossible to operate with one hand and I don’t have your camera equipment. Great detailed videos btw. By the time I had picked up...

Sublimox is 300w but switches and on around 50% of the time. I use either a 2800w gen or victron inverter below, I cant stand poor products which ruin a day. Victron Phoenix Pure Sine Wave Inverter - 12V 500W (VE.Direct-enabled) combined with a trojan battery below, I can run the sublimox for...

It can't surely be.......We use one much much less than that.

Yes I did wonder, thanks, I wont bother....

For those of you who bought the book Honeybees of the british isles cooper beowulf What do you think? I'm a little sceptical buying a book out of print and will probably come back in print for £50 when the list price is £9

Not sold on it I have to say.... Is it just me but when I see a frame of apparent AMM I always see the same, hardly any bees, dodgy frame of brood and the odd yellow bee.

I make all my own hives and frames, love the work and can make things I simply cant buy with much better quality. My hives with frames cost out at £12 per 14x12 hive but get the materials very cheap. If I were you I would go with a simplified plan and use shortened frame lugs like smiths. PM me...

Thanks for your replies, I'm just having a moan, there seems to be some scare stories going on in Portugal, mainly through associations that are supplying slightly cheaper licenced awful products. It not that I'm against the official line, I just wish they were better quality and not so...

A subject that came up on a page yesterday, has anyone been fined, convicted of using unlicenced products. I am referring to specifically varroa products.

I wouldn't be surprised if the beekeeper was serious, the amount of mis information in PT is incredible. It is the first year for Velutina in Lisbon.

I think Jersey must have lots of concentrated forage? I admit I thought Karol was wrong when he said my hornets are struggling but now I know they are. In Portugal we have nests around 1 metre high with huge numbers at this time of year, foraging since March, they only peak now and release...

I sell colonies on 2 frames, similar frame size to dadant, these go in a cardboard box which could hold 5 frames, I top and side ventilate with mesh around 20cm square, better to over ventilate than under. The queen goes in a plastic cage as we have had some killed in transport so be careful...