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Admin (and Dara O Briain): Just 'cos you spell it and say it differently, doesn't make it OK to use on a well mannered and august forum such as this, for feck sake.. :judge: te he :)

I assumed you had a couple of taster jars? I'd say 80% who try it but it!

I use an old camping stove in the garage, and a large old saucepan that can never be used for anything else. Every time I process old combs I think that it's really not worth all the effort, mess and stench.

As a swarm collector, last summer I was called to a block of flats where there where 3 separate colonies in 3 kitchen ventilation holes at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor heights... nightmare. The landlord wasn't prepared to pay for scaffolding. I was less than keen to shin up ladders etc. I think the...

Wine with your dinner?

I'm no expert but the reason it is best to treat when broodless is because a large proportion of the mites develop within the sealed brood and these are more difficult to get at. So it's not about the effect on the queen's development but the efficacy of the treatment. So, for example, a good...

Jeeeees, that'll be Autumn Crocus, not the same plant at all ...

Here on earth, we normally refer to "Capping" on honey, obviously different on Mars... Interesting weights Info too

He probably doesn't want to be reminded but http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11756

I'm told hot air paint strippers are the bees knees in this department although I just use an old bread knife.

OK so I used a piano stool unevenly filled with books but it worked, a+b=c Next: how to calculate the speed of light?

Ok, I get it. I was not weighing the hives in a sensible way. I will do an experiment later today. I'll fill a suitcase with bricks (unevenly). I'll weigh when lifting one end half off the ground (a) then do the same at the other end (b), then I'll lift it off the ground completely (c). I'll...

I was only weighing with some luggage scales by raising the floor off the stand at the back by an inch, for interest... nothing worthy of a PHD in bee science. The other 2 hive have continued to gain weight since Tuesday. The only difference was that the hive that lost weight has a new queen...

I have been weighing my hives at the back, every 3 or 4 days, just for interest more than anything. I stopped feeding last Tuesday when the heaviest hive was nearly 27kg. Today that same hive is 14kg. I weighed it 3 times because I didn't believe it. I quickly went through the brood box and...

For crownboards I do the same. I buy 8ft x 4ft X 5.5mm plyboard WBP sheets from the local builders merchant, about £6. I cut 46cm squares from this which gives me 10 crownboard blanks :) I also and buy the same B&Q 18mm edging but in 2.2m lengths which makes it cheaper. If I need to, I drill a...

Never thought of that. They certainly come out "with intent" when I take the contact feeders off to refill.

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Sorry, what's the issue here? Just change the floor, go on I dare you :ohthedrama:

Oh you mean stir. At first I thought you meant stare to make sure everything had dissolved...

I've also started using electronic luggage scales from Lidls. I have been weighing every other day during feeding just by way of experiment. Only problem is that I first weighed with just the BB, i.e. no roof, contact feeder etc., so now I have to strip back to the BB so I can get a like for...