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Same boat exactly! Just want someone to take the lot off me.

Thin stop angle bead, held with drawing pins. 5 years later.

2 10ltr buckets fit in my dish washer.

I moved to a house 4 years ago and had a stack of boxes in the back garden. Watched some bees robbing for a few days. Then went quiet. Few days later a prime swarm arrived. In the 4 years I was there, I was given 9 swarms! 4 prime swarms and rest seemed like casts. All I did was drizzle some...

You have to have a double brood box if you use Nationals as a good Queen can run out of space to lay up, quickly. Langstroth hives are far easier to build yourself so build a few. With2 colonies you can balance them out and fix problems easier.

I started with Nationals and found them too small for a good Queen- unless you have a double brood box. I got into single brood management which I make early season nucs from- to sell on or increase my numbers. Then demaree, if needed, later on,combine back to singles at the end of the season...