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Four of my colonies have nadired supers. Can I vapourise from the entrance with a gas vap? This would mean that the vapour would go up through the super to the brood box. I’ll be removing the supers in spring and putting them upstairs where (hopefully) the bees will clean them up so nothing will...

Another vote for the bread knife. Pick an old one up in a charity shop - it doesn’t need to be particularly sharp. Cut in long slow cuts so you get a fairly smooth edge. Then gaffer tape the cut edges so they don’t crumble and shed dust everywhere.

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Thanks everyone - Google Earth it is! Also, because the apiary is in a different county to my home address, presumably when/if I need to contact the SBI would I contact the one for the apiary address?

When you put your address onto Beebase, should it be the address of the apiary or my home address? I put home address but then it shows that as being where the apiary is. Also, the same question regarding honey jar labels. Home address or apiary? It’s a bit awkward as my apiary is in a different...

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Why dangerous? Because they'd fill it rather than empty it you mean?