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  1. Bluetractorman

    Labour to end exemptions from ban on neocotinids

    https://www.mattridley.co.uk/blog/bad-for-bees/
  2. Bluetractorman

    What's flowering as forage in your area

    Breezy on the pussy willow. 12 degrees in west sussex
  3. Bluetractorman

    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    there's a really excellent film of it here... Volucella zonaria - Wikipedia
  4. Bluetractorman

    Hives stolen, Llangollen area

    There's also now the Apple air tag. One off payment rather than subscription, about £30. Slight question over effectiveness in very rural or remote places. AirTag
  5. Bluetractorman

    Oh Beth Where is Thy Sting

  6. Bluetractorman

    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Excellent job! I expect the suit needed a wash. I've heard that scrubbing with Jeyes fluid discourages returning swarms. Do you have a view on that?
  7. Bluetractorman

    Trapped Rodent!

    if they were for issuing they'd have been called issues, not stores...
  8. Bluetractorman

    Trapped Rodent!

    stores are for storing - brings back some memories
  9. Bluetractorman

    Nuc measurements

    18mm structural ply £50 a sheet phew. Helped a bit though by some excellent lengths of timber (+cut offs of insulation) being chucked at a barn conversion building project nearby. I do get great pleasure from the making process too.
  10. Bluetractorman

    Nuc measurements

    it certainly is. Wish I'd had this earlier. Great resource, thank you.
  11. Bluetractorman

    Nuc measurements

    Thanks very much all. I've got going, rain clattering on my shed roof. One further question; I'm making them top bee space. How much space do you suggest underneath the bottom of the frame? In Roger Pattersons diagram (based on a national brood frame side bar below the lug measurement of...
  12. Bluetractorman

    Nuc measurements

    Has anyone got some measurements for plywood/any wood nuc construction? Dave Cushman/Roger Patterson has some here.. Nuc Box Plans Designed by Roger Patterson although I'd be interested to see others. I've searched the site without finding anything but that doesn't mean it's not on here...
  13. Bluetractorman

    Snow in the USA

    Just searched for HM Sentinel online but reckon I found a successor vessel. The one I found didn't have sails.
  14. Bluetractorman

    Brave to braze?

    Yes! Good ques. Twice. Phew.
  15. Bluetractorman

    Brave to braze?

    Right folks... Two grub screws and the job's a good'un Thanks for all the good advice.
  16. Bluetractorman

    Brave to braze?

    Now you mention it.. there are corresponding twin indentations on either side of the pan. Something with jaws has been been used. Inside the tube I can't see anything, no apparent holes. Chinese crimping system possibly. Or maybe connection for some power to heat/glue a compound.
  17. Bluetractorman

    Brave to braze?

    The wires are all inside the rod. Slightly like a diesel engine glow plug. I was a bit surprised to discover that when it finally came right off. Maybe self tappers is the safer option, I'd have to adapt my wooden pan holding jig/board to make room for them. It's great being retired to have...
  18. Bluetractorman

    Brave to braze?

    Anyone tried brazing a sublimator alloy "spoon" back onto the steel heat tip? The mapp gas flame is about 3000 degrees. Hmmmm. Or shall I be the guinea pig!
  19. Bluetractorman

    Bring out your dead..

    Temp up to 12 degrees today after the severely cold period. Dead being dumped out. Anyone else seeing this?
  20. Bluetractorman

    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    why do you think there'll be a lot of fondant feeding? Interested as I've been a bit surprised by the lower weights than I expected recently.
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