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Apiguard in August and 3 doses of OA vape starting 22/11/2024 , 5 days apart.

Ive just done a 7 day varroa drop count for my 4 hives. Wasn't expecting to see many mites but I counted none ! Either my eyesight has gone totally to pot or oxalic acid vaping works better than any previous treatment Ive tried.

eclectic illuminating gladiatorial

I use a heater from Screwfix tube heater which easily gets my chest freezer cabinet to 50C https://www.screwfix.com/p/dimplex-ecot1ft-wall-mounted-tubular-heater-40w-408mm-x-81mm/3951f and a XH-W3001 temp controller (the version with 240v switching )...

Heath Robinson at work here - down draught sublimation via feed hole. plywood box for pan heater with draught excluder seal, Perspex viewing top, rain water downpipe, old PC fan, scuba dive weight for stability. (The bangs are coming from the MOD firing range nearby)

My honey is much rarer than that stuff in Harrods. Maybe I should tart my labels up a bit.

APC (y)

I felt the piece failed to mention the scale of global honey adulteration and how is has become industrialised with "designer" syrups available to beat standard testing methods.

The central shaft passes through a bearing at the top and is then welded to a gear. You would have to cut a bit out off the shaft and add that to the bottom of the shaft and re-join the shaft. But I would need to find someone who can weld SS , take it to them and pay them probably. My fix, is...

I am overwintering WBCs with double broods . They are heavy and made of different materials so their base weights are different , which makes them difficult to heft and also work out whats going on. So I use a lever and digital gauge to plot variance over time.

Well, I could have hacksawed the cages away from the central rod and then got someone to re-weld them for me or make some adjustable attachment. Or simply make some spacers from wood - worked for me. We're talking a 4 frame tangential extractor that cost £160 new.

Nothing to assemble by me - its came as is. But it could have been manufactured incorrectly.

Not possible - no adjustment - its all welded SS rod

That would'nt help me as the lugs dragged in the honey before the honey reached up to the gate (open or closed)

This maybe be useful to the first time purchaser: I bought a 4 frame tangential from STBK, quite early on in my beekeeping. One thing I didn't realise at the time was that these cheap extractors seem to be designed for frames with short lugs. This causes the Hoffman frames etc to drag in the...

Hmm I'm going to give the D4 a go. Titebond 2 is only water resistant (3 is waterproof) whereas D4 says its waterproof.

Ive built all my hives using Titebond III FWIW Its FDA approved for non-direct food contact https://titebond.co.uk/products/titebond-iii-ultimate-exterior-wood-glue

My fondant is in a large block which I cut up and stuff into curry take-away containers - after cutting a hole in the lid similar to that in the CB.

If their honey is anything like their burgers then I wouldnt want to eat it.

Yes - good point - its mitigated in BBS boxes through good box design. But I discovered that many WBC boxes have omitted the BS above the lugs and things can get very sticky. Thornes WBC boxes are like this. I obtained some plans (circa 1999) for WBC boxes which have the necessary BS - I made...