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That's why they're seconds. I bought a pack and just chuck the bent bits in the wood pile for repurposing. I taught woodwork for over 20 years and you will never straighten out a piece of wood that's bent with a knot in it! It will always go back. I find those slightly wonky boxes make...

Thanks for absolving my guilt 😂 they were clearly very put out at having their secret exit hole plugged. Thanks for comments. I will be reverting to cones and no roof access today or tomorrow depending on weather, thunderstorm forecast. These two hives have plenty of space at the moment, a...

@ericbeaumont I would normally have mesh on the CB holes for ventilation because I leave the correx floors in. My hives are raised and initially I had trouble with bees congregating underneath the mesh trying to figure out how to get in. I leave the grass long just underneath them now so maybe...

Hello, Just joined but have kept bees for a while. I do brood in a half. I had terrible predation problems from housemartins (counted over 60 once on the telegraph wires by the hives) but have put up two bird kites this Spring and that has solved the problem! I recently read a suggestion on...

Never do sale and return with any consumable, your jars will come back covered in grubby greasy fingerprints from people picking them up and putting them down. I sell through one local shop and do not sell directly. If I did I would sell at the same price as the shop so as not to undercut my...