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I should think about 3 weeks maximum, because it will then die.

I understand the benefits of propolis but some colonies just produce so much. Yesterday, whilst inspecting one of mine, there was so much propolis that, after a couple of minutes, my (nitrile gloved) fingers stuck together, bees stuck my fingers and I could hardly get the frames out. One...

Take a look at Maddie Moate's site: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmTANLv-GyXXqmwkIkdXcNYoY6Sy1t0Pg

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/hive-weight-analysis.51447/post-788700

Just being able to lift one is not the point, it is more having to lift 3 or 4 per hive (off then back on again) at each inspection.

I think you are correct.

If you want to use one size of box throughout, you need a box smaller than a National deep, just because of the weight.

My solution:

I just roll up a towel and put it under the rear of the bucket.

Just cut/mash/stir the comb in a bowl until it is a slurry, then strain though a regular double sieve overnight. Keep the room warm ~25C.

Do you mean Langstroth Mediums? Many do just that, in USA and elsewhere.

Why do you think that is, Dani?

There is still a risk of reinfection from other (collapsing) colonies, but that is a different issue. The above schedule will produce effective mite control with brood present.

I believe that to be true so I don't keep my suit in the house and I wash it myself, on its own. There is evidence that families of beekeepers are at risk of developing an allergy due to low levels of venom ingested as dust from contaminated suits.

You don't have to cover the full 21/24 brood cycle, just the sealed period (The first OA vape will kill almost all the mites (98%) outside any capped brood. Over the next 5 days new mites will emerge but no yet re-enter the brood. The second vape (5 days after the first) will kill them all...

Of course it is possible to have a good argument, online or face-to-face, with resorting to abuse. Edit: Ooops I meant without!

You need to give me some credit here. ... can be extracted in spring, along with all the other spring honey, because it is not sugar syrup "honey".

It is what I have observed on various videos and also what I found myself doing, until I gave it some thought. Perhaps natural was the wrong word, try "common".

A Invariably, much of the honey is not consumed so can be extracted in the spring.

A thought on shaking/brushing bees off frames: The natural way to do this is to remove the crown board, take each frame in turn from the top super, shake/brush the bees back into the hive, put the frame into a new box and repeat. Then you do the same with the next super(s). The result is that...