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It would have to be tested, but maybe the ribs inside the pipe cause a swirl effect that keeps dust (and bees) away from the edges of the pipe and they just 'waft' down the middle never touching the sides as you don't often see ribbed pipes clogged with dust when the vac is used for it's...

I'd recommend you add a large shovel and a bag of quick lime to your inventory, just in case, you understand :)

The problem with marking equipment is new hives are so easy to come by that any thief worth their salt will swap out the equipment as a matter of course to all new woodwork, even new frames if necessary. Then there's nothing to identify your bees from the lots of other hives available this time...

Also there was "meet me under the clock at Waterloo station" (other venues around the county are available).

Bees for Developments do both skep making, and beekeeping in skeps course in Monmouth; https://www.beesfordevelopment.org/bee-involved/courses/

The webmaster provides a 'service' by asking that people buy through him. This means that if you say advertise 10 full hives with him you don't have to give a location where you (and maybe ) the hives can be found. This reduced the likely hood of theft of unattended hives. If you click on the...

A good guide is usually the price they go for in bee auctions but if you can't wait that long the Honey Bees for Sale website / mailing list is a good guide; http://www.honeybeesforsale.co.uk/

Be careful of the 'blue' pallets. the company that owns them tends to get a bit annoyed if you don't return them. https://www.chep.com/uk/en/products/pallets/wooden-uk-pallet This bit of the page being the relevant part: "Important: CHEP pallets and containers always remain the property of...

This website has lots of information about attaching cameras to microscopes; https://www.lmscope.com/en/LM_digital_adapter_description_en.html I'm not sure how 'low end' they are though.

The only reason a bee wouldn't fly over water is what's the point? Unless they know there's decent forage on the other side why waste the effort flying over just to see? I suppose scout bees might do so?

I think the house has a smart meter but the monitoring box that sits in the kitchen doesn't work , can't get a signal from the meter, so whether the meter works properly or not who knows. No one seems to be able to make it work so will just have to wait for the bill. As for other devices the...

If the polycarbonate cups and the tins are the same size could you use mould release spray in the poly cups to make the candles then when set transfer them to the tins?

This on Amazon says it's 1g per 100g fat; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Natural-Gluten-Friendly-NON-GMO-Kosher/dp/B0C64VBRX6/ref=sr_1_36? Or if you want bulk, then; https://bakerite.co.uk/product-range/soya-flour-low-fat/ but they only supply the trade so you'd need to be a (as they put it...

Shipping / transportation for Chinese goods is usually very cheap from China.

If you're interested the first part of this page has photos of a hibernating queen. https://www.wasp-removal.com/wasp-lifecycle.php As it notes in the text, she folds her wings down under her body and protects them with her legs.

That would be nice, but I got a resounding 'No' when I asked RWAS whether we could put small reproductions of their certificates on our labels a few years ago.

Here you go, everything you could ever possibly need to know about labelling candles https://www.britishcandles.org/documents/www.britishcandles.org/Trading_Standards/candlesadvicepack(2020).pdf

Would they be interested in gift packs of say a candle a small jar of honey and one of those wooden honey dipper things, all in a fancy box. Of course it would have to sell at a premium. A friend used to sell a similar item in a small wicker tray and fake straw to rest it all in.

Sometimes called mould release. Loads of people on Ebay sell it. It can also be used on the rubber seal of car doors to stop them icing shut after a hard frost.

You could go a bit more fancy and use a mitre joint, then there's no exposed end grain to seal.