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Has anyone tried the MJT Cell Punch? Thorne sell them but I’d like to hear some of your experience before I buy it. Thanks in advance https://www.thorne.co.uk/image/data/Documents/MJT%20Cell%20Punch%20-%20article.pdf

Thanks. To help with the problem of lifting heavy weight, I thought of using a polystyrene brood box, supers and roof for my top colony, whereas the bottom one would remain in wood 14x12. However, I enquired about the compatibility of a Maisemore polystyrene hive with a wooden national and was...

Thanks. So it’s floor, bottom bb, queen excluder, supers, Snelgrove board, top bb, queen excluder, supers, crown board, roof; is that correct?

Is it at all possible to permanently run 1 colony on top of another one, separated only by a Snelgrove board? If so, how do I actually do it? Where do the supers go? Has anyone done it? Does anyone know any good website link? Want to have 2 colonies at home but space is an issue. Would...

Wood hives only. I got this method of converting national deep to 14x12 from an English Beekeepeer YouTube channel, who performed this method in the beginning of April last year: Put 14x12 box (new box) underneath standard national (old box) so the brood can extend downwards, which allowed you...

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I was going to follow a method of Converting nation deep to 14x12 adapted for the beginning of April. Said method involves feeding them fondant this time of the year to encourage them to draw out combs. I shared the method with an experienced beekeepeer who told me that bees won’t draw out wax...