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    Poly Hives - Beebox vs Swienty

    Fair comment :) It's just that when it gets bad it gets really bad - we seem to have had 4 weeks of constant rain...not helped by me and the Mrs going away for the last two sunny days. It rained where we were! 🙁
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    Poly Hives - Beebox vs Swienty

    Eric... Yes, I am. It's not the most 'active' of associations - not when it comes to supporting newbees, anyway! So, I'm picking most of this stuff up on my own. Could do with some better weather as well!
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    Poly Hives - Beebox vs Swienty

    OK, thanks all for your recent responses. Looks like 'thumbs up' for Sweinty, so far, anyway!
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    Poly Hives - Beebox vs Swienty

    I didn't think to get it from a builder's merchants, B+, but that's what I've done. It still squeezes the bees! (Though the suggestion of a central support made by Millet is noted.) The issue is, really, the lack of compatibility between Beebox and ANYTHING from any other manufacturer. And...
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    Poly Hives - Beebox vs Swienty

    Yes, I can (thanks for the response, Millet), but I'm also just wondering if Swienty might be a better option. But, thank you for the suggestion - I'm now feeling massively dim! :-( (I'm actually thinking that attaching something to the 'underside' of the perspex board/QE might work better, but...
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    Poly Hives - Beebox vs Swienty

    Hallo, I'm in my first year of beekeeping and have poly Langstroths from Modern Beekeeping (Beeboxes). I've got three colonies going into the winter all in such hives - keeping my fingers crossed as to how many come out the other side. I like the Beeboxes - sort of - but the lack of actual...
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    Poly Hives - Beebox vs Swienty

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