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I bought one of the Creme Brulee Torchs from a well known bidding site. it was'nt the cheapest but it does have the saftey lock. I carry a butane refill can its never let me down. Andy

Hi Outlander unless you clean the mould or replace the boards the mould will keep growing as the spores are already there. Go to your local diy store look in the gardening / decorating for mould,mildew treatment. Spray and leave to work for a short while then rinse off. If you are using foam...

Thymol Last year i made up my own self priming syringe to treat with oxalic, which delivered the 5ml per seam of Bees. Unfortunately i used it to measure out Thymol for Oasis pads the Good Drstiston addvised that the thymol could ruin the rubber on the syringe in which he was correct. So this...

Hi the only name that i can find on the syringe is ( Autoject v5 ) As i have thrown the package out. I bought mine from CARRS BILLINGTON in Carlisle. Andy http://www.carrs-billington.com/LocationNetwork.asp?ShowPage=548 Thanks Monsieur. Here is CARRS web Site

I put this out to the members for them to use or not. I take it that with your small number of hives the £12 would be to exspensive. I am sorry that times are so hard for you. Andy

Tanks Tony and Dr. Easy to clean warm water with soap a few sqeeze of the handle then clean water job done. Had a thought put a cable tie around tube under the top this should stop the pipe from pulling out if bottle slips. Andy

Treated 16 hives as it self filling to the required 5ml per seam works faster than having to refill each time. i treated my familys and friends it saves us all having to send for oxalic. As i can mix as much or as little as needed. We are going to expand our hives it will repay its cost. I will...

Hi i have made my own self priming syringe and bottle to . Th**nes sell these for £60+. This cost less than £12. The bottle is a cheap cycle drink bottle £2.99, the 5ml syringe from animal feed supplie r£8.80. Drill out the centre of the drink bottle to match the syphon tube. Andy

We are looking after my sons miniture Jack Russel. He was out in the yard one morning he yelped then darted back into the house. He had about 6 lumps round his muzzle and eyes. When checking the bees later there was paw prints on the landing board. He stays away from the hives now. Andy

Welcome Bejoyful maybe the problem is that as a new beekeeper's we are trying to learn to fast. We then read and gather load's of info which gets jumbled together. Which bring's us round to some confusion. It is possible that we read about painting poly hive's and miss the part where it say's...

Well done and good luck with them. here is a couple of pics that i shot when the farmer was going to cut the hedge right back to fence the field. Andy

Hi Rab the varroa board is plastic with a upstand at rear and are sited level. As you say i remove board now and again to clean. I have not seen pools or drops of water on the boards when ever i have cleaned the boards as hives are only 2ft from my house wall they do get good protection from...

Hi i wonder how many leave the varroa board in for winter, how many remove the varroa board, or pull the varroa board back a small a distance say 8mm to 10mm which is what i have done for the last 2 years. I have not seen any everdence of condensation on the boards. i dont use a supper under the...

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http://www.honeyshop.co.uk/Bee.html Hi would this link be any help. Andy

Do Bees turn in one direction when doing the waggle dance? Would this show which hand they use?:willy_nilly: Is this a waggle dance. Andy

O yes and disposable gloves o i already use those,:biggrinjester:

Hi i dont stand mine up as its does not leak i put in my bee bag, box. Why not put a hook on and hang it onto hive or belt like smoker. Andy

Hi i am fed up with transporting Tubs or Buckets with lids to clean Hive Tools. So i have made a tube from Waste pipe (the type that carries the water from sinks) to carry cleaning fluid i place Hive Tool in tube with Soda Crystals and a drop of Washing Up Liquid and warm Water (not boiling...

Hi Toby pm sent.Andy