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Hi I am looking for a supplier of hazel rods to make some hurdles at work - we plan to make the hurdles in late September which will be a bit too early to harvest our own from site. Does anyone know a possible source for hazel rods? thanks for reading, Resi

hello everyone, I am trying to find out more on castellated vs. smooth runners for frames... I have both one on each hive and i find the castellated ones a flaff to use and frames never hang straight and a bit difficult as if I remove a frame i can't just slide the next one along after...

I am not sure if it was a great idea or a really dumb one, but here it goes. after taking home a swarm some weeks ago and no sign of queen to be found, I checked again today and still no queen. workers bring in some nectar but nothing capped. The colony will be about 200-250 bees max. also...

Hello all! I am just wondering if there is scope to have a subsection in this forum for suppliers? or a linked page with just a straight forward list of equipment suppliers? as a new bee-keeper I seem to rely on one but i am sure there are more! what does anyone think? ps: or you can point me...

Hello all, So far I have always bought hive equipment from the usual suspect. Has anyone got any pointers for a reasonably priced source of hive equipment I could check out? I'm not necessarily after the cheapest, I prefer to pay a bit more for some better qualiy stuff! In particular I'm...

Hi has anyone got a design form a national brood box and super dummy board? thought to make my own as I have the material and the skill! thanks, R

hello! I received a new swarm this week and i what a question...or two.... I started beekeeping last June 2010 when I purchased a nuc form the local beekeeping association. this week I received a swarm - I collected on Tuesday. the swarm was in a nuc box and had been there overnight. On...