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Hi Hombre, This is a different board , it is extruded not expanded polystyrene, it is stronger and denser than the polystyrene sheet you are talking about, Correct me if i am wrong but I think this is the same board as the poly hives are made from???:confused: . so in theory should not need...

hi Admin Did you manage to make and try these with any success? as buying 20/30 mating hives is out of the question this soon after Christmas so the only option is making some any suggestions welcome Mark

Hi Thanks Mike , a little too far out but have managed to source this now, can be purchased through Jewsons, 600 mm x3000 mm x 20 mm @ £6.99 +vat collected if anyone needs any , the mini nuc /mating box details are here, http://nordykebeefarm.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=46&PN=1 (Hope this...

Hi Essex boy welcome to the forum, 1/2 inch wire netting around the hives works for me, no damage yet this year, lost three last year..

Hi all I have found some drawings on www for micro/mini nucs which are made from extruded polystyrene so I need a supplier. need 8x4x 1/2 inch sheet extruded polystyrene (styrofoam )local to s/staffs W/mids or online with delivery. I am sure one of the DIY stores should have it but I am...

Hi had Green woodpecker damage 3 hives last winter I applied 1/2 inch wire mesh around , the bees soon got used to it and it kept the other hives safe from the woodpecker.

Not advisable Rab unless your name is GUY and you have asbestos undies:svengo: I would try and shelter the hive/s with some steel sheet or similar to absorb/deflect any radiant heat from the hives. ideal soluion would be a hedge of some kind but too late to plant now for the 5h Nov

Thanks Ian, so no residue left in the wax at all?

Hi loooking for opinions, If I have used Thymol mix or Apiguard treatment in October and there is a super on the hive 1. can the super box and frames be used for honey stores next season with or without burning out / boiling or not used at all again for honey? 2.can the wax be used again for...

hi, I had mice in the house a couple of years ago, the nextdoor was unocupied during building work, anyway a mouse woke us up scratching around under the floor one night , next day i purchased a pack of six electronic mouse repellers and placed them in the sockets ,one in each room. on the...

you need an old glass sweet jar to catch the mole

no one there

The hives and the smoke :coolgleamA:

hi Rab , I just needed a second opinion as I presumed when the honey was capped it was protected from the smoke, and so would not taint , I suppose it also depends how heavy handed one is with the smoker. I am aware that weekly intrusions cause time to be lost due to damage and loss of heat...

:confused:Hi, I have been advised by a fellow beek that smoke from a smoker can taint or flavour a honey crop that is in a hive and also that using smoke can put the honey and wax production back by several days , is there any truth in this or is fiction , :confused::confused:

nice film PH, Thanx for sharing with us, could do with one of those macks they were wearing !!!

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I atracted 4 swrms to the same tree in my apiary all on the same branch , plus one in a baitox nuc( with 5 drawn frames and lemon grass oil) , 4 arrived within 5 days I was running round like a madman collecting box's from everywhere to house them, they were not my own bees as i only had 1...

was it the paxo again admin?

Pete, any chance of putting a pallet in the bee shed for me to collect as i am quite close?