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Thank you oldsalt, that was one of the four sites I looked at! I went back and looked a bit better and found it - so it's now ordered! Thanks again ep

The four websites I've looked at so far have sold out, any ideas? thanks ep

thanks, psa

I don't need any yet but when and if I do, will Sainsburys Silver Spoon Fondant - Ingredients:Icing Sugar, Dried Glucose Syrup - be OK? thanks

Wow! that was quick, thanks. I can't add sealed brood from another hive and I will use dummy boards if it looks like they need it come the winter. em

I've acquired a 5 frame BS nuc with brood on 3 frames and drawn comb/stores on all 5. Is there still time to build it up to over-winter in a BS brood box? thanks, em

We bought a 12.5 kilo box of fondant this afternoon from BAKO in South Wimbledon (5 mins from the Northern Line tube) -- such a friendly bunch and they were happy to do this small trade for a beekeeper. It cost £12 so is cheaper than buying the raw ingredients for a homemade recipe.

Thanks for all your replies but too late as I've already put a small container of icing sugar based candy (about one and a half lbs) over the feed hole on the cover board, which is glazed (with a 1" layer of horse hair insulation blanket on top) I lifted the roof at 7pm tonight to have a look...

thanks plumber. will do em

Thank you for all your suggestions and help. It's occurred to me that the hive's on a purpose built heavy floor which I've calculated to weigh about 10lbs, I've also weighed an empty brood box with 10 frames which is about another 10lbs, so the wax, bees and stores are down to 16lbs! As...

Hi, I'm a new beekeper and started this year with a small nuc (less than 2 frames) that I introduced into a National brood box in early September. following advice I gradually fed them 34lbs of syrup and by November they had occupied 10 frames - and the broodbox weighed 68lbs on Nov 25th. We...