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I have a Konigin 20 frame. I am very happy with it. Solid bit of kit. Never even seen a Lyson in person. One difference I know of, the Konigin has its motor underneath so the base is conical (point up) to stop honey leaking down the axel. This means it has a limit of around 10 kilos of honey...

Love the trailer, I can see most of it looks home made. The arm connecting to the bike, did you make something or is this bit salvaged from a commercial made trailer?

I am very interested in your responses, maybe I am overly cautious. A few years ago whilst packing away some equipment I brushed off a thin layer of OA with my hand. The wind caught it, blew it back into my face and I copped a lungful, sharp pains in my lungs, really not very nice. Since then...

I thought about asking my company if I could keep bees on some of their land. They would probably be up for it. Then I thought some more and decided I didn't want to be involved in the greenwashing around honey bees. In my opinion a company with a few hives on its premises is not contributing...

I heard of someone that got a 5KG tub from constructionchemicalslimited. When they opened the box, the base of the plastic tub had cracked and there was several hundred grams of loose OA in the bottom of the box that ended up spilled on the kitchen floor. Immediate retreat to put on suitable...

I'm considering an instantvap. Do these work OK with apibioxal? Having seen the videos of clouds of steam when cleaning an instantvap I presume the cleaning process gets rid of lumps of burnt sugar, can anyone confirm, please?

It is a genetic mutation affecting drones. https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/drones-carrying-the-recessive-gene-causing-white-eye-and-whit-thorax.42335/ Here is one I saw last month with two white eyes.

This is the outdoor section at my local B&Q. I was walking round with my beesuit on, so one of the staff pointed out their bees. For the last 4 or 5 years they have had honey bees living inside the metal columns (the pink rectangles) at the back of the yard. The columns are 100mm ish square...

I would think there is a good chance of blocking up some of the internal plumbing with wax.

If it's bees rather than flies they won't be laying eggs in it. But bees love to drink from pools of urine and faeces, I would rather not have them crawling over my food. Someone will ask why I'm happy to eat honey? Yes the bees have walked all over it in their dirty feet but also most bacteria...

I bought these goggles. They have ventilation holes at the top and bottom. This means that OA vapour can get it. Before using them I will tape up the holes. I don't want OA in my eyes.

If I know before extraction that the water percentage is probably too high and not all cells are sealed, then I use a dehumidifier before extracting. I stack the supers in a small sealed room with them offset so that they all get exposed to the air. Much more surface area of the (nearly) honey...

Thank you. I don't think there is any OSR within flying range. Very little arable farming near by. Both my apiaries are on the outskirts of large villages. Lots of small equestrian enclosures and hedgerows. Lots of fields with dandelions in the spring. Last year the spring honey was a PITA to...

I made a few buckets of set set about 4 weeks ago. Unfortunately I didn't have time to jar one of the buckets (10 kg) up before I went on holiday. It is now too far set to jar in its current state. Possible options: spoon into jars and gentle warm/vibrate so that it levels out warm enough to...

I'm on holiday and was behind this van on a country road. I guess it's more safe than having it inside as long as it is secured firmly.

I got a second hand fridge off Facebook marketplace for £15 and hooked it up to an STC1000. I've set it to cycle between 13-15 degrees. I'm very pleased with how it is working. No need to put a hole in the fridge, the temperature probe lead is very thin so I just dangle the lead in through the...

It's sold by a Marketplace seller on the website only. B&Q don't own the stock, so I can't ever see them being on the shelves in store. I've had a few people ask me tentatively about keeping bees over the last couple of years. I have successfully dissuaded them all because I knew it was more...

In the past I have brewed up a tea using some apilife var, filtered it and then sprayed that using an atomiser spray.

I tried this last year. Queen was caged in the middle of the broodbox. I still found EMQs next time I opened the hive. I presumed that not enough pheromones were being dispersed through the colony. It gives me hope to see a couple of people suggest it, maybe I was unlucky. I have another...

On Sunday I made myself a temporary warming cabinet for a 20 litre bucket of set honey. I started looking at old fridges/freezers on facebook marketplace then realised I already had everything I needed. I didn't really want to buy/store more kit so I have just built something temporary out of...