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Hi All, who's cheapest for 14x12 foundation ?

Where's cheapest for hex 12onz jars this year?

Can I leave out qx when using sections?

Heres a daft question, if I want to turn some excess fondant from last year into sugar syrup at 2-1 ,any idea of weight of fondant to water at 625ml per kilo (of sugar) or should I do it at say 550 ml water and see what happens?. What can possibly go wrong ! Dave

Hi All, Whats the best price around for 12oz hex jars with lids ? so far the lowest I'm quoted is 84 jars for £29.82 . Dave

Hi All, What do you call the frame cage, that encloses the whole frame when introducing a new queen and accompanying bees., and where do you obtain one ? Dave

All, A statement made by a beekeeping friend of mine was that "to get a feral colony of bees to swarm from a tree, it could be induced to do so by siting a colony / hive of bees close by it" Whats the view on that is that a possibility ? Dave

Does anyone have any plans for making mini nucs/apideas ? And where do I obtain mini frames or do these need constructing also. I was thinking of using a Jenter kit to rear the queens. Dave

Hi All, having bought a SP22 microscope from Brunel, I need some guidance on using it, How do I make simple pollen slides, can I put the pollen into a watch glass add some iso propel alcohol to clean it siphon the excess out then add the prepared pollen glycerine jelly, warmed of course on the...

Hi, Anyone here going to see Roger in Crewe tomorrow giving a talk on bee improvement ? Dave

Anyone tried one of these ? http://www.cornishhoney.co.uk/images/honey-beeswax-melter.png I wondered wether it was a usefull item for small scale use Dave

Ive got rape going solid in thesuper combs already, whats to be done? without wreaking the comb which I would like to save for a go at the heather in a month or two. any ideas anyone ? Thanks Dave

What books to buy or borrow to study for mod 2 any ideas ? Dave W

They've just said on the weather forecast its going to be the coldest winter ever!!!!!!! Dave W

T H, says empty the lot out in front of a large colony, remove the original hive, floor etc, done that but all come back and form a small swarm nearby. so now what, do I just abandon them to there own fate or do something else ? Dave W

I'm thinking of making some sort of swarm vacuum using a brood box with frames a fixed mesh floor with a box below with a 12v fan of some sort, perhaps a 12v extraction ventalator fan for a bathroom to give the gentle suction required. on the top of the brood box would be a roof with the hose...

Ive just warmed through a batch of, assumed to be rape honey, on the top is a thick layer of white scum. What can be done with it ? it tastes ok but mrs thinks it looks a bit wierd ! dave W

Ive been offered some honey, as extracted un filtered approx 50lb in a bucket, probably rape, whats a fair price to offer ? Dave W

Where can you buy reasonably priced skeps for swarm collection ? Dave W