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Having got a fair bit of this polythene tubing here at the moment, I'd say it would be a fair while before ANYTHING sticks to it if it does at all!!, it would also be very easy to clean in boiling water as the tubes are removeable. I'm still going to look into them but maybe make one of my own...

Thanks for the replies everyone, looks like I wont be bothering with them then LOL I might take a sneaky look at one at Stoneleigh....more for curiousity than anything else, and see if I can make one myself to check out :)... but as everyone said...if it worked that well, everyone would be using...

From what I've read and from using the tubing that they are using in the floors for other things (mainly filter systems), the tubing is very slippy. Any varroa landing on any part of the tube will slip off and out of the hive and is prevented from climbing back into the hive. Even a conventional...

Yep, they're the ones. I've read some good reports about them but was wondering how much of it was manufacturers "hype" sort of thing?

Has anyone tried the Happykeeper national floors that Thornes are selling?...any views on them? I'm thinking of getting a couple and would like to know if anyone else has tried them and what they think of them. thanks Roy

I wonder if the Admin and moderators on that site have ever been on a properly run forum???, thier attitude and "Holier than thou" claptrap is truly astounding.....sorry for sidetracking the thread Jim

Couldnt have put it better!!, many thanks for the welcome, hope I can make a few contributons in the future without being too daft!, I Think Jims efforts are to be applauded, if more people followed his example we'd have no problems. I've already started to dust off my apidea mini nucs

Yes I have to echo Davids comments, after a gap of a few years from beekeeping, I'm getting back into it again this year. I registered on this and the "other" forum, but after getting fed up with all the negative and pedantic comments, not to mention the rediculous moderating I think I know...