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Last week I had the element out of the Burco Cygnet that I too have used to boil clean frames with. The seal needed reseating. The screws holding the element plate to the seal underneath had all rusted and they were tiny (M3). I ended up having to drill them out and retapped them. Then realised...

I think I've resigned to simply make 2 tone drip candles out of the dark wax I cannot exchange as I suspect it is not worth the time & effort to clean. Another similar idea suggested at a local BBKA meeting a few months was wax coated pine cone firelighters.

I tried to weigh in the block of wax below with Thornes last year with a bunch of much more acceptable wax but had this rejected.

I'm looking to solve a problem with bees getting into a shed. The extraction room shed has a design fault, it's almost air tight. Shed is roughly 3x4m. Fascia and soffit boards are mastic'd to the wall plate and plastic box profile roof. So in theory bees shouldn't get in. However when the door...

What size is it? The marking pattern looks like a ladybird in the larva stage but that usually occurs in July.

Congratulations on the upgrade, I've been there before and it is nerve wracking regardless of how much testing is done beforehand on the side server. It may not be possible to change this now that it is live however I think certain preference settings might not have been migrated correctly to...

Interesting. Last foul brood issue was in the '80s so shouldn't be a problem now. So will the bees be able to remove the granulated honey? I've read various suggestions including some that suggest a warm soak in a water bath for a couple of minutes helps the bees clear it out. Is this still...

With the loss of my normal job due to the pandemic and the consequent time I now have available, I've been helping my father with his bees. Previously I've had very little to do with his bees so it's been a lot of reading up on what to do. Whilst having grown up with bees I was allergic so...