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Hydro......water driven should have been the clue

It is of course a gigantic fraud that transfers wealth and will continue to do so for at least 50 years even if we abandoned the madness this day

Yes,5 miles from coast totally different weather due to influence of sea Temps. Here in the Pennine hills it is cold and snow laden ground.

Do you not cover with a little ply or metal ? How does the paint stick to the foil or is not foil faced

You have a good memory.

All sounds much too high brow, those who poopoo insulating hives seem to have little problem with permanently insulated manufactured plastic tubs. I insulate and draughtproof in the way I see best. Foam insulation that is dense in structure does not draw water to any degree. And yes, more bees...

That would be the first thought. I have watched these girls very closely these last weeks, I generally have a brew sitting on a composter about 6ft away especially when I know they will be flying. The numbers outside watching incomers are about 6 to 10 and once inside they appear to stay. I am...

I have a similar situation going on due to Queen failures in regards producing brood. Some weeks back I shrunk the colony down to 3 frames within a dummied down nuc via Insulation panels, I also insulated the exterior front and back panels with the same material. On sunny days they are still...

I do the same on any short run jobs, quicker than set up time and much easier to fine adjust for variable thickness. As for above table, router tables with that facility are mostly more expensive than a similarly featured router. Problem is there are very few with that feature when I was looking...

They look very neat with those rabbeted joints at the corners, have you let the ply base in or just nailed through the sides ? Based on what I have seen and read from you I am absolutely certain that you will be organised and have a plan with built in contingency. As for Bash together, naaah

Yes, I will go with much of that thinking, this year I had thought myself somewhat prepared but like yourself found myself scrambling.I was totally shocked when I actually completed preps for winter. I burn my sawdust in combination with other wood as a dampener. I have 2 extractors but as the...

I love a good scavenge. Collecting some 6ft lengths of treated decking on Saturday. I don;t need it but...old habits and all that

Is all this work renewals or a planned expansion ? I hope you have tidied that sawdust pile.

Was it a Greek that donated it ?

Our climate this year can not be used as a baseline for how things will be in future years, caution, preparedness and vigilance should be the mantra. We have been given a breathing space this year.

They want a bee inspector to apply

I very much hope you don't place house spiders outside, they are not the same as outdoor ones.

Aye it was lovely in the direct sun this morning and the girls were out, I watched but have no idea what they were doing. Like yours, as it became colder they carried on flying but in reduced numbers. I think we and they are on borrowed time weather wise

Only one ? We have more than that, we like spiders and some are quite large. It does surprise that Beeks would be a little bit bothered about them when you have to dive into the den of 30k plus who could give you quite a serious beating. But that is humans.

Had you made the decision to forego any honey production from this colony due to the queen strain being desirable for further queen rearing. The 3 new colonies, when will they achieve enough bees for honey production level