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Hi, I'm new to beekeeping. I have purchased some old national cedar hives. Apart from flame sterilising their interiors, I want to clean/restore the exterior wood with oxalic acid. Would you use the acid as is, ie 1 to 1 for wood treatment or dilute it? if so what dilution? Thanks for...

Hi, we are new to beekeeping and intend to start out with two colonies next year. We have purchased some old National hives and would like advice on the best way members feel would be to approach the cleaning, sterilisation and painting/treating of them to get them ready, fully restored and...

Hi everyone. My wife and I are currently learning all we can about beekeeping with the intention of starting out with a couple of hives for next year. We just wanted to say hi, and are looking forward to chatting with and getting advice from other forum members, MelGar