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even with 2 hives you should be hoping for 3 supers each on a good year. so that'd be 30 goes of the extractor. not sure what Giordan prices are like nowadays but very happy with mine (12 frame LS drill driven) .

"there in lies one of the hidden dangers with hymenoptera stings and why contrary to the doc I would always recommend having chlorpheniramine to hand." karol - nowhere have i said do not take (or have access to) antihistamines for dealing with the acute stage of stings reaction. my response to...

"What sort of Dr are you? There is a presentation by Prof. John Warner OBE here http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/what-i...and-symptoms#3" I am a pathologist and so see the ultimate end result of anaphylaxis! Your link was very useful for everybody as the page clearly states the features of...

"They stock lots of camping equipment, hence the barbies, when di you last go to Halfords, they have sold other stuff for years ' i know they don't just sell overpriced car maintenance stuff but also bikes and camping/touring type stuff BUT not first thought for BBQs IMHO.

"1 day up 1 day there 1 day down" very conservative - at least 36hrs to fully develop and done after roughly a week in my experience.

"Go to your doctor and ask to be referred for desensitisation im sure there will be a hospital near bath that does it." NOOOOO! OP just has an expected local reaction to bee venom. No clinical indication for desensitisation.

normal sting response completely normal facial reaction to a sting. attached is 24hrs post intentional forehead sting for a presentation.

"after a doctors visit resulting in Steroids and Antihistamines" unnecessary IMHO. DOI: currently nursing painful swollen legs covered in weeping sandfly bites.

"as there's none in our locality" except for your meadow!!!!!! our meadow has gone over now. shoulder/head high grass awaiting first cut of the year.

who goes to Halfords looking for BBQs. can't imagine them shifting many.

not a valid QC IMHO. probable entrapped cup.

the word "glass" can refer to both a material and an object. as in "glasses", "eyeglass", "spyglass" , "magnifying glass" and so on - referring to optical instruments including one or more lenses. ok in modern parlance we only tend to refer to binocular sight correcting devices but the other...

"destroyed the other capped cells and hopefully did not include the original queen" swarm leaves around time of capping first QC. Unless weather REALLY bad. "I am confident that the queen is still present .... there don't appear to be any loss of bees from what I observed the last time I...

"Where do you get the polycarb sheets?" the usual online sales venues?

"After a bit of thrashing around in the leaves and branches with a box and a bee brush " what's wrong with secateurs and knocking the swarm off the cut branch directly over box.

"I've wrapped kingspan/celotex with foil tape (stop the bees eating it!), and I've made them was deep as the box, touching the floor!" a single standard sub £5 piece of 50mm kingspan will provide 2 squares to go above crown board and a remnant large enough to fit full depth of a jumbo brood box...

"wondered if their might be excessive moisture build up within the hive if there were not holes in the quilt?" you can still use match sticks even with new fangled polycarbonate CBs. solid crown board with insulation above. NO NO NO hole. holes are only fit for dedicated CLEARER boards not...

"The beekeeper driver could have been transporting bees so having your suit on, and veil on, would be sensible." no need if hives properly strapped and well wrapped in net-curtain/mozzie net.

as per finman - colony too small to need upstairs. super only needs to go on when running out of brood space downstairs (not blocked by old stores).

presumably you bait hive contains nothing for foragers to be interested in?