Last year i know some one was selling a foundation machine on another site
B4B i know it did not sell on there it was around £20,000 if anyone knows who was selling it or anyone selling one or any other info let me know
if you have no access to an extractor
you could scrape the frames wax honey and all in to a bowl or pan.
buy a brand new pair of stockings
tip the whole contents of the bowl in to the stocking and hang it over a clean honey bucket.
in a warm kitchen or bee tight shed the honey will filter...
If people want bees so badly they should be willing to travel.
posting nucs is in my opinion not an option.
Its just a greedy supplier that want to squeeze evey last penny out of the bees they have for supply.
The only way to transport bees is to do it yourself or for the buyer to transport!
and...
Ask for you money back and leave it until next year. I know you want bees this year
and if you really want them inspect them first if there not fit to burst out of the box leave them
I have produced 390 nucs this year and my june nucs are like time bombs they should be strong enough to get a...
Its not a right off
go through it and find if there is a queen
If there is kill her
If not all well and good
Then you need a good queen
have her in the cage in your pocket
Shake out every frame a little way in front of your hive
and tip out any remaining bees in the brood box on the floor
put...
The distance selling act is no good here
the items were ordered via the net but they we collected no posted
sale of goods act no good here
ie: not fit for purpose The purpose of a nuc is to expand in time to a full size colony ( how longs a piece of string)
As described?
bees if they stated...
at the end of the day a nuc is a box with frames in it with some bees
the box does not have a list of contents on it
saying this box contains
bla bla bla
if it did and it did not contain the list of contents
then you can scream
if a bad beekeeper says do you want to buy a box it has frames in...
The BBKA guide lines are only what should be the standard when doing the deal
not a lot of use after the fact
its like buying a lada and then going back a week later with the spec for a rolls royce to complain.
If the buyer can not be bothered to inspect before completeing the deal it there...
The First question that springs to my mind Did you inspect the nucs?
Every nuc i sell i insist the buyer inspects every frame if there a beginner i give them the
BBKA leaflet of there guide lines ( they are only guide lines)
and if there happy a deal is done.
If you buy a cardboard box without...
hi
don`t forget the little bits like bacteria filters, sterile water, Gas wash bottle for your O2,
the list goes on and on you say 50 quid on a suitable dispensing mechanism i would love to see that whent trying to inseminate 8 to 12 micro litres
The equptment used is V expencive it not just a case of using a bit of this and a bit of that. If you are not commited to spending as much as it takes to get the correct equiptment Give up now
many have tried to do it on the cheap and fail
And when you have everything you need to practice...