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Perhaps you could do us all a favour and not post when you are pissed (or even when you are not).

It is method of hive management developed by Tim Rowe. Essentially the hives are made of one size box throughout, which enables a different way of managing the colony. Here is an introduction:

Well, that was useful.

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Yes me, but I the Rose Hive Method, so the differentiation between brood box and super is blurred.

Try this: https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/how-to-convert-wax-block-to-usable-foundation.30234/post-736351

That works very well, until you have shaken off a dozen frames or more. You then get a lot of annoyed bees flying all over the apiary. Using clearer boards makes taking supers a ninja operation!

I think I would prefer that BE did not conduct their business on this forum.

Mine still have a lot of unripe/uncapped honey in the supers. There's plenty there but not yet ready to extract.

It is strange how some beekeepers seem to be proud of the fact that their brood boxes are full of comb that is as black as tar and seething with old cocoons, faecal matter and goodness knows what else. These are the same that would preach to you about apiary hygiene and prevention of disease...

Earwig wings...

I do the same. Most natural honey will crystallise over time. The taste is not affected. To liquify again, heat the open jar in a pan of water to 40°C max or in a microwave oven on defrost setting. Do not refrigerate. Do not feed to infants under one year old.

... or maybe not feed at all, but leave sufficient honey in the hive for winter.

Very quick and easy to use. Not as messy as using a decapping knife. Minimal damage to frames so they can go back into the hive and be reused easily. The honey does emerge from the extractor with lots of bits of wax in it. This is easily removed with a coarse strainer above the regular double...

I guess not everyone follows the law/guidelines in either case.

You don't need a licenced product to kill wax moth larvae in stored frames - only if used in the hive (which you don't do)

I think these are the cheap versions, where you have to add your own snake-oil.

How does it taste?

Waspbane, very good but expensive

I assume you mean National Shallow boxes. Yes, you can use shallow boxes throughout, but bear in mind that there will be more boxes and frames per volume of hive. Of course they will also be lighter than Rose/Medium boxes.