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My account has been hacked and a begging letter has been sent to all contacts. They also deleted all the contacts in my account! Apologies if anyone with my email address has received the mail.

Can anyone out there help me to understand the differences between these 2 syllabus items? 7.1 The principles of selection of breeder queens and drones. 7.8 give an account of the important aspects of behaviour of honeybees, in relation to breeding programmes. Bucks notes just gives a more...

Just looking to buy one on T's site and nearly fell off my chair at the cost. £53.29. Frame NOT included? Anyone got one? Looks just like a couple of pieces of excluder fixed to each side of a frame, or am I missing something?

Cedar contains an anitfungicide and doesn't need any treatment? Well, I decided to try this with some hives. Some seem OK but others well you'll see what 18 months only of Cumbrian weather can do. The pic. is of the roof but the brood box corner also has some but not as bad. This particular...

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Can anyone tell me the composition difference between cell cappings (pervious) and honey cappings (impervious). Do cell cappings contain a small amount of pollen? thanks

Brunel MX7T If you go onto the Brunel site and click on Stereo then Non zoom stereo the MX range is visible for full spec. This one has x20 and x40 magnification and is ideal for dissection and acarine detection. Incident and transmitted illumination are standard on this model. It is in full...

I have the opportunity to upgrade my present kit and wonder if these are an improvement for dissection, acarine, etc. I am looking at a 7 - 40 approx stereo with transmitted and incident light. My current x20 and x40 fixed stereo is good but variable power seems attractive. Also, any thoughts...

I've put some (std light honey) to one side for showing. Is it best to extra filter and jar now or leave until say 2 weeks before the show?

I'm looking to buy one for patio cleaning. Budget is £200. Can anyone recommend any make or model? I understand the ones with metal valves are the best (some of the cheaper Karcher have plastic valves I'm told) Thanks.

I'm after buying one - running 10 hives at the moment so can't afford anything too expensive. Any recommendations?

I bought a few of these at the convention. Fine for l/s. they have a "slot" which I understood to be for a piece of ply to allow them to convert easily to national size. the pics. show what happens when a piece of ply is inserted and a national frame is used. Too much bee space at one end and...

I'm trying to send an IWF video to a fellow beek. It's 71MB so won't go through the email system. I right click on the file and it says (7 zip) compress and mail. It does this via Outlook (Internet Explorer is my usual method) but is not received at the other end. Any suggestions as to how to...

My bees are not going through these - either for food or entrance/exit. I don't have any measuring equipment but to my eye they look a little narrower than the standard wire ones. Anyone else had this problem?

Is this a good idea? I want to place them 6 -8 feet away from a single full colony. Will they be robbed out?.

I have the opportunity to buy an old but working spin drier. I know this can be used to spin cappings (not expecting much honey this year) but wonder if it will be any use to mix sugar?

Couple of hives bringing in white pollen today. Can't find it on any of the cards. Anyone know what it is?

What's the best way to introduce a nucleus colony into a top bar hive? Wld it matter which type/size of frame the nuc. arrived on?

A search on here tells me this can be done, but can anyone tell me roughly volume of water to use per x weight of fondant? Assume warm water and plenty of stirring is required? Thanks

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=13079&highlight=mite+zapper Well now you can buy one from Big T (in new products section)