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I’d heard £12k ish per acre agricultural but huge variation dependant on location. There is a 1 acre plot of agricultural land next door to us with zero scope for development. The estate agents contacted directly and asked us if we would like to buy it for £100k. I thanked them for considering us 😂

I wondered why it was limited to once per year. Makes (no) sense now. Lethal for mites / safe for bees / cheap / allowed elsewhere in the world…..of course we can’t use it 🙄

Thanks. Done three at 5 day intervals (last one today on 4 hives). 48hr mite drop was huge after OAV1, approx 200 after OAV2 and I will check the 3rd in a couple of days. What threshold do you use for the forced mite drop which would make you continue with further OAV?

Thanks for this. Got the viton ones as recommended in the Apiarist article. Spot on.

4 hives - all in the same apiary. All drops much bigger than expected after low drops after 3x Gasvap. The Sublimox produces loads more sublimate cloud than the Gasvap so I think it was my poor technique with the Gasvap. Not had anything to compare it to before. Will do as suggested and repeat...

Did an OAV (2g / single brood) with the new Sublimox 2 days ago and got a big forced mite drop (board was alarmingly covered). This was 5 days after 3 sequential OAVs with the gasvap and very little mite drop. Is it a reasonable to do another 2 at 5 day intervals with the Sublimox (and accept...

Have found this Seller quotes max temp as ‘about 200 degrees C’ when asked. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/293700100089?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=uuzcCchKSfa&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_8u6S9wCT8e&var=592508952578&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Thanks. Helpful as always

I’ve just bought a used sublimox. It’s in excellent condition and looks hardly used but both white caps are a loose fit. The o-rings look in good condition. I thought it should have a friction fit to create a seal. Is this a problem?

I put an inverted CB on the top of the stack as well. Roof with an entrance on top. This was based on advice on this forum (I am sorry, can’t remember who). They cleared well apart from 1 super in the middle (ish)

Bought a used Sublimox (and a LONG extension lead)

Did the same this year due to lack of time (and clearer boards). Stack of 8 with 1 lower and 1 inverted upper CB. 24 hours and most supers were 'mostly' clear. One was still 80% full strangely (no brood).

Super helpful. Thank you

Thanks. It’s the practical bit really. I hadn’t considered a clearer board as ‘normally’ there would be some brood in both boxes. So, clearer board should work because there is zero brood in the top box? If I clear them down into an empty super between the brood boxes. Remove the cleared top...

Bottom box relatively full of stores with a couple of frames of brood

Seems like a disproportionate amount of stores and not much brood. No brood in one of the boxes. Thought it would be better to reduce down and keep the stores in reserve for this or other hives

I have a double brood setup where the upper brood box has no brood but is 100% full of uncapped and capped stores. I’d like to get it down to a single brood end remove the store frames. The question is that there are still a ton of bees on the frames and if I have to shake them all off, I might...

If you want to consolidate ‘quickly’ to one box, is it best to put all the brood frames into 1 box and remove and store / extract the excess frames of stores?

2023 Randy O extensive field test article.

Appreciate it’s a product website but has a reasonable summary (albeit one sided): https://beequip.nz/blogs/blog/latest-oxalic-acid-research-jan24 There is some contrary research / evidence presented here: https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/article/23/6/18/7458957