Why not visit some building sites and get free materials
Some sites im on the timber skips are full and changed twice weekly any amount of plywood osb off cuts in them
This year i used a commercial dehumidifier in a small room with all my heather supers stacked with 2x2 between supers it dropped the moisture content from 22 % to 18 % alot of my supers were uncapped
Thats sad
Iv always loved dogs i had a wire hair Terrier for 17 years my early days from age 7 that girl would meet me at the school gate every day without fail , when a dog passes it can be a big loss
Im going to invest in a heather honey loosener for next season and a swing cage extractor yes its alot of money but well worth the investment. I used a hand Held heather loosener this year to save the comb on 40 supers which i couldn't bring myself to press all that precious comb . A very...
My home apiary is in a fox covert absolutely full of ivy , I have to put some supers on in this location for ivy flow or hives will be plugged out , I leave supers on with no qx if the bees eat it by spring fine if not its mine
I was at out apiary a month back and only got stung once, I started feeling a little funky almost panicked sensation, so I got an EpiPen off gp just incase il need one
Do you support opposite side of comb with hand to stop comb bursting when pushing into cells of side been worked I didn't expect needles to be so stiff I thought they would move with ease
What I now do with laying workers after experimenting a couple times is make a push in cage half the size of a frame , trap queen with some workers and brood in it , unite DLW colony return 7 days later and release queen