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    Stung through leather gloves

    http://www.bizzybee.co.uk/bb/products/bizzybee-latex-free-gloves/ get them from asda £2 odds
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    Grafting Problems?

    I have a problem where the bees remove my larva from the NC Queen Rearing Kit with the plastic cups and place them in brood comb? I grafted on the 4th of this month into 40 cell cups on frames (first attempt). I used a 6 frame nuc box, 4 frames of near emerging brood with a further 4 frames of...
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    Roof Depth?

    should i put roof ventilation in?
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    Roof Depth?

    making 10 national roofs today any idea what depth i should make them. I have 75mm x 20mm lots of this acquired free but if its not deep enough im going to b&q?
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    New toy so made supers all day

    Total wood cost was 120 pounds just over 2 sheets of 18mm ply and enough soft wood to make 90 fillets for the boxes. That made me 10 supers 10 brood boxes and 10 spare fillets. The sawmill near me shawfieldtimber cut all the ply and plained the fillets and cut them to 424x 26x44 with no charge...
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    New toy so made supers all day

    Got a new toy yesterday so built some boxes today how do they look? should i use resin to seal the ends or waterproof pva? Ducksback to paint them or sadolin?
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    New toy so made supers all day

  8. M

    My First Honey Extractor What One?

    thanks for the advice i will email them tonight
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    My First Honey Extractor What One?

    i dont mind spending the money for something if its good and will last
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    My First Honey Extractor What One?

    This Year i hope to get some honey from my hives so looking to get a nice extractor. I have bought 250 Manley frames also have SN4 in the hives already my budget is 1000 pounds. The one i have been looking at is...
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    Rough atempt at oxalic Vaporization box

    you dont think lifting them off their floor will disturb them?
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    Rough atempt at oxalic Vaporization box

    should i chop some off? and put a heat plate against the wood then have a shorter pipe. i have steel pipe but its bigger should i use that?.
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    Rough atempt at oxalic Vaporization box

    http://www.chemicalbook.com/ChemicalProductProperty_EN_CB4400958.htm
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    Rough atempt at oxalic Vaporization box

    How do you treat a poly hive with that method then? Im no einstein but im sure it would melt.
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    Rough atempt at oxalic Vaporization box

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSmxYIzuuU0
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    Rough atempt at oxalic Vaporization box

    Just need perspex for the lid. any good?
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    Smokers what is the best type and where to get it?

    What are the best type of smoker?
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    Name and shame bad management"

    ron ?As have been stated by others on this forum recently in Essex Epping and Scotland you do know that scotland is a country broken into regions also?. the whole of scotland wasnt infected
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    Capillary Action under lid

    Had this same problem at start of the year with a zinc sheet roof the lip only droped down an inch and the wood seem to be wet inside the roof. I removed the zinc sheet and replaced it with a larger one the drop was about 3-4 inches after new one was put on also painted top of roof before metal...
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    new bee keeper - winter panic?

    I'm new to beekeeping this year. I have 6 hives and a poly nuc. All but 2 of my hives are still laying and don't look as if they are halting anytime soon. I checked them on Saturday and they dont have a great deal of stores. The 10 frame poly hives have about 2 frames of stores and my 2...
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