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Agree with Ian and Dani, all Q’s I got from them were excellent 👌

Last time I bought poly equipment was 3-4 years ago. Shocking how much prices went up since.

Welcome to use my 9 frame electric radial one if you’re close by…

Paul, are you sure this is something you want to do going forward? Maybe borrow from a friend or use the local association for the next year or two?

From the top.

Mid December is the time here, for me (SW Scotland).

FIan, can you explain laying workers then?

workers will stay in their hive without a queen. That’s all they know.

Other than liquifying and making soft set, can be used as a settling tank, mixing sugar syrup and probably other uses… If you infuse your honey, can do the mixing perfectly.

You buy the valve separately. Fits perfectly and I’m so happy I got it (even though it’s quite expensive)

I have the Lyson 50L machine. Brilliant & effortless. Can do so many things with it.

I’m always suspicious when supers aren’t clearing properly.

Nothing here, ivy wise, which is normal. Very little sun/flying in the last 3-4 weeks.

Because it is special 😁

And as Beebe says, nothing wrong with a bit of curiosity, the non invasive type.

I believe the OP is talking about placing a passive small device, not opening up the hive (unless I understand this wrong). If so, nothing wrong with that IMO. Could help (if placed correctly) identifying broodless period/s during winter (for OA treatment) for example.

The sun came out for an hour, so I went up to look at the hives. The mother of all orientation flights, most hives.

My bees don’t. Cloudy and very little flying here.

The one day we were promised sunny, turned out to be another cloudy day. Very little flying. Very little flying in the last 2-3 weeks, as cloudy/windy/wet throughout. All colonies down ~1kg since mid Sep. Most got fondant today. Size wise, colonies looking good.

Quite similar to PH. Almost no sun for the last 2-3 weeks, cloudy/wet/windy throughout.