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It turns out, it's an easy job to swap the thorne controller for an stc1000 and it works perfectly.

I went to a talk this year, specifically about osr honey. the mwthid described is as follows: Extract the osr, filter and leave in a bucket to go hard. Warm to 35' then break up with a paddle drill at slow speeds. Put into jars slowly cool to room temperature and store around 14'

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As per title, if anyone is thinking of selling a heather loosener,or knows anyone who is, please get in touch. Thank you.

Does anyone have a blank bee keeping related business plan they would be willing to share? Thank you.

As above, im looking for a smoker and a hive tool suitable for a 9 year old. My son spent the last couple of seasons at the bees with me and is comfortable around them so I'm looking to get him a bit more hands on with the bee keeping this year. Any good recommendations for smaller scale...

I used a blowtorch to heat the fitting then twisted it off using a spanner between the 2 bolts as leverage. Where did you get the flange attachment from? I was struggling to find one

I am having an absolute mare trying to get a female threaded ferrule to fit my lyson creamer and settling tank. Models are 70l premium settling tank 50l creaming and liquifier machine Can anyone who has personal experience of this, please tell me what size of threaded ferrule they put on...

I built my own large warming cabinet that takes 15 supers and it is excellent at maintaining the desired temperature. I have a thornes warming cabinet for doing 2 buckets at a time however and the temperature dial is dreadful. I was contemplating swapping the turn dial for an stc1000 or...

Is the quality questionable?

My supers are all currently nationals with 11 sn frames per box and i have had these for the past few seasons. Next season, im looking to maximise my output where possible, im looking at the following options 1. 10 sn frames 2. 9 sn frames 3. 10 manley frames Out of interest, from personal...

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I emailed humble bee about this loosened on a couple of ocassions because it Interested me as a possibility for speeding up heather extraction. Unfortunately, despite specifically asking for after pictures (once uncapped through their machine and spun) they didn't provide them and the before...

I use this as a seed.

I'm looking for one that has a bit more protection than cardboard, the cardboard is fine in the car but this is for rucksack on a motorbike.

I'm looking for something to transport jars of honey to work for customers that will protect them from knocks. I have seen polystyrene types for bottles bit haven't managed to find any smaller for jars. Any recomendations? Ideally to take 6 at a time. Thank you

I have been asked by a number of people to supply comb honey this year and I have had a good enough season that I will be able to do this this year and would like to do it going forward. Can anyone please recommend me a company who make custom cardboard boxes with windows or sleeves to go round...

I have built these for moving my hives up to the Heather and thought some people may find it useful. I used: 2440 x 1220 x 9mm plywood Langstroth Varroa mesh 10mm scews Scrap from wood merchant I appreciate that the hole could maybe be bigger but for current conditions this seems fine with a...

Cheers, I went for this one last night as it was on offer a £179, glad I did as the price has gone back up this morning! Amazon let me pay ot over 5 months as well. Fingers crossed for hassle free soft set.

I find if I mix the seed and honey and let it set, then warm slightly, mix again and jar it, it comes out better than just setting straight from mixing