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Its my birthday today too. I got my Dadant smoker! ...and its very nice too. Looking forward to next season. Regards Cliff

Thanks, I went on the web site and it said min order £100. I'll phone them tomorrow. Cliff

There have been a few suggestions to get fondant from Bako. Minimum order is £100. If I buy a large quantity, can you freeze it? Cliff

OK, thanks for all your suggestions. I have ordered the 10 inch Dadant. I'll post up a nice shiny pic when it arrives. Cliff

I'm going to go for the Dadant one as recommended earlier. The only query is go for the 7 inch or 10 inch one?? Cliff

Tonybloke and Polyhive The smoker recommended earlier are just under £50.00 They do a 7*4 inch and 10*4 inch for similar money. Is the 10 inch ok to use, not too big and clumsy? Cliff

Yes, they were from ebay. The finger handle, the bit that you use to open the lid pulled off, the hinges snapped and a filter from inside the smoker fell out. Something much stronger is wanted.

I have bought 2 smokers this year, both cheapo's and both have fallen to bits. So with a birthday coming up soon, I thought I would treat myself to a decent one! Are there any all time favourites to go for? Any recommendations please? Cliff

I have used porter escapes in the past but when I left them on for a while they gummed them in the open position!

I've left a little gap in the feeder hole for ventilation. If it is ok to use loft fibre, I will block the feeder hole completely and use a couple of match sticks under the crown board on the solid floor hives.

I have a spare roll of loft insulation. Is it ok to use or will the bees not like the fibres? Cliff

Turn them inside out. Some are white on the inside.

This may be old news here but I have just come across it. Has anyone got more info on this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11484522 Cliff

There are 2 feeder holes. I have one covered with some hardboard but it had moved slightly so the bees could find the way up. You can see in the background that a hive has a double brood box. I have a couple of these, one out of shot. These are the ones i united about a month ago. My other...

I went to collect the feeder buckets and found a large clump of bees in the roof. They had started making comb here. The wet patch is water that leaked in and is not sugar syrup. I was going to shake them back into the hive but found it quite packed in the brood box. I decided to...

I had a couple of hives in the garden but ended up moving them away. They got so busy that I was afraid of them stinging self when gardening. Worse still, going for next door when they are cutting grass etc. Take a look at this...

Im not sure what you are saying here. I am a very new beek here. I need help and sound advice. My hives swarmed this year. All I want is improvement from you beeks. My solution, give them more space. Thanks to the replies, and i take your advice not yet on double brood. HAVE A GO AT ME...

No! One thread asking about starving bees! This thread asking about swarm control! And such a positive result, I will not be double brooding tomorrow. Thanks.

I have several hives. 2 have been united recently. One hive had a laying worker and i did the dump on the grass routine and then united with a nuc. This worked well and I have a laying queen! Another hive was broodless, no eggs for a month and this was united with another nuc. This was a...

Thanks all! Seems like everyone is of the same opinion! Mentioned earlier, tomorrow is the final day for apiguard control. I thought I would give them some room over winter. Partly because of the earlier 'over wintering post' but also, I lost most of my bees to swarms. I assume due to lack...