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Thank you Pete that's very kind.It will be interesting to see how it holds up to a seasons testing by you.

Hivemaker was a great help he gave me all the measurements I needed and as always was great with advice.It took a long time to make because of electronics and a major red herring which I got from the company, which I can understand by the way.It is widely believed and I was told that the metal...

Yes.

Are both your Sublimox the same or is one of them an early model?

Got mine from ebay but I made the sublimox with help from Hivemaker,so you will need to measure yours with a vernier or similar unless you know the correct size. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191611832738?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Make sure you order Silicone.

Fusion power interesting stuff and yet again proves the need for someone to contact some of the people who worked long term with Brother Adam and can remember what exactly his working methods were.In Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey page 55 in the closing down for winter section it says "All our...

Fusion Power did you get all the info in your post from Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey or other sources? Michael I agree with you it should be all written down.Did you actually see a lot of the note books or have most been destroyed?Did you hear any mention of a film of Brother Adam showing him...

Have you seen this home made one that works with a battery charger the tips this system produces are very consistent and it is relatively easy to make.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ii8fS4Be0

Bought one of these a few years ago stopped using it because the brads or staples kept sticking and had to dismantle the front to clear the problem.Has anyone else apart from Protheroe found this problem and found a solution?

Has anyone bought these are they any good?Are they a modified jumbo box or a proper commercial molding and are they compatible with wooden floors and roofs.

Which escape do you use?Have only used the cone once and it seemed to work ok.

Somerford,why do you recommend not using cone?

This has been relisted on fleebay may be of intrest to someone. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honey-bee-Queen-Instrumental-Insemination-Equipment-KIT-/301842232179?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

"you shouldn't believe everything you read on the Internet" Yes that was one of Gandhi's famous quotes.

"A lot of floor designs are rubbish, but not always for the obvious reasons. A thin plywood solid floor is one of them." Could you give more detail on that please?

B+ I ment a bottom entrance with a queen excluder on top of brood boxes with entrance above it aswell with access into supers,nothing to do with swarming. Going to go back to soild floors only too cold for open mesh were I live.

Finman thank you very much for your replies.If I could just ask one more.you use a top and bottom enterance and have said in the past that during a big flow it can happen that the bottom enterance is hardly used, did you ever try a queen excluder on top of brood with an enterance on it to let...

Finman find your posts very interesting and have been applying some of your methods with great success.I would much appreciate it if you could clarify a couple of points.I totally understand your logic in putting the brood box underneath, is there a point that you check the single brood box and...

Thanks for replies will contact Lasi and see what they say.

Does anyone no were to find time lapse of bee development from egg onward with the time shown on it?