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yes, I can never get the hang of getting a decent result from a google search then copying and pasting it.

apart from that, there is no difference whatsoever

hopefully it's beet sugar, rather than cane which has a massive carbon footprint, comes from halfway around the world, is responsible for destruction of rainforests and depends on the exploitation of native workers who get paid subsistence wages.

Bloody water fairies - not much behind the ears with the current lot probably.

if you're using the smallest aperture you shouldn't use a mouse guard as it's so easy for the entrance to get blocked, in fact, you should take the block out completely. If the height of the entrance aperture is only 8mm, you don't need a mouseguard anyway. To be honest, the smaller three/four...

what do you mean, 'closed' ?

no it's not, maybe you should apply a bit of logic, not surmise, it’s all about the balance of air resistance and the buildup of buoyant air in the hive - as long as the UFE has decent deep sides to it

yes - pretty pointless things Mine are left open all year - even at the higher apiaries and the bees come through winter fine.

just have entrance blocks with 8mm high entrances no need for mouseguards then. I think they are another British 'quirk' that the rest of the world laughs at

forever

something to put on a wedding cake - but nowhere near a beehive

are the 'vents' in the roof sealed?

As Eric said standardisation is a must. Remember that during the season your vehicle is also your shed so should contain everything you may need during each apiary visit, plus a bit spare, each evening when you get home, before relaxing for the evening replace everything that you used that day...

It's worrying that they still walk amongst us

corn syrup isn't even real sugar! Shouldn't be anywhere near bees - or humans come to that

which seems to rubbish the claim that sugar inverted by the bees is identical to honey

or maybe they knew they'd been caught out and didn't exhibit hooky honey as in the past

Yes, seen that myth announced a few times over the years - usually by the non thinker amongst us, what they are usually seeing is either mouldy pollen or, as you say crystalised honey. But why are we getting our knickers in a twist over this or have we got some dishonest beekeepers out there...

It's not TS, or the bee inspectors, the SBIs are just contracted to collect a fixed number of samples for FERA/VMD. They decide every season what they are going to test for. no, the sample is taken directly from a single hive, they will just take a frame out of a super and with a spatula scoop...