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I hear you. The nearest we have ever come to a divorce (honestly true) is trying to get a hive to a new position on our allotment in the pitch dark.

Ended up fitting a steel M8 25mm hex bolt and it seems to be working ok. Just finished the summer harvest so may be a while before it’s used in anger again. Thanks all for the help.

It’s exactly 7mm diameter, so wouldn’t that be too small for an M8 bolt?

Hi all. I inherited an old Thornes honey spinner and one of the tap bolts has snapped. Does anyone know what size it may be as the spinner is still working fine. It could well be an imperial size as it’s approximately 7mm in diameter wide and M7 bolts are hard to come by.

Hi all, I’m very much the junior partner in a pair of North London beekeepers, doing the lifting shifting and spinning while my wife does quality control. She has been a beekeeper for about ten years and I’ve assisted all this time. We have three hives at the moment but have been up to five at...