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Does anyone else drive in their beesuit with the veil done up?:rolleyes: I have been trying to work out which is the lesser of two evils, not being able to see as well or being stung in the head while driving along. Invariably I end up with a van full of loose angry bees when I have taken the...

I have Jacobs sheep in one orchard where I have a few poly hives. When I put the hives there, they were behind stock hurdles, the farmer must have needed them elsewhere. The sheep had rubbed against the hives, odd horn mark on the poly, but had done no real damage and not chewed anything. I...

+1 for radial with screens, I find the screens useful if the honey is slightly granulated in the frames and won't come out easily when extracted radially.

And we think beekeeping in the UK can be challenging. I moan about collecting my supers from the top of a big hill and lugging them back to the van. Those guys are nuts!

Maybe a couple of old out of print beekeeping books if you are interested in that sort of thing. From second hand shops they are cheap but finding them takes effort. My wife recently bought me a book by Snelgrove, it only cost a few pounds but was more personal and meant more than something...

I agree, tinted windows on your beekeeping van is also useful as you can see if any are on your back before you get in and drive off. But buying a van just for beekeeping is a bit excessive on a beginners wish list:D On a serious note don't be tempted by an elasticated veil only, buy a decent...

I darn my veil if it gets a rip, it is very easy to do and as long as it isn't on the front (most splits are up the side where the veil folds) then it doesn't affect how well you can see. Just weave some thick cotton in and out of the mesh around the split, until you have a neat darned patch...

Many thanks PH, I like the design of these too, I really like the can be left on for 10 days bit. My daughter was born the day after I put my clearer boards on hence why they were left on a couple of days too long this time. I liked the design of the Vortex boards because the description said...

I used a cone escape clearer board this year it was pretty rubbish and most of my supers were full of bees when it came to taking them off. I think I will try the vortex escape in the thread above next year. I wish I had been reading the forum reguarly before I made a whole load of cone escape...

I also have a DIY steam extractor, I run my wax out of the bottom into old 1 litre apple juice boxes/cartons. When the wax and dirty water (from condensed steam) settles out and the wax is set it can be a little difficult to remove the wax block from a solid box. With a carton the outside can...

Expanded polystyrene is UV stable so there is no need to paint as the poly will not degrade. However, as pointed out it does go off yellow and grow algae, painting them will keep them looking better for longer but is not strictly necessary.