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    Rain in poly hive

    Thanks again all - I've passed your comments to Paynes so they can see it's not just me! Cheerio
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    Rain in poly hive

    For info - here is the reply from Paynes. I'm going to remove the QX next weekend, soak up any water in the gullies, put the full super on top for the winter feed ....... and see what happens. Time will tell! Incidentally, the QX is the one supplied with the polyhive by Paynes - rigid plastic...
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    Rain in poly hive

    Thanks Karsal. I've emailed paynes to see if they have a comment or solution. I'll post their reply
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    Rain in poly hive

    Thanks, Finnman. 2 or 3 sound most likely. I'm not sure what 'water cups' are - do you mean I should drill holes in the brood box at the internal corners to allow water to drain down?
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    Rain in poly hive

    Does anyone else have a problem with rain collecting in the recess where the frames hang in my paynes poly brood box? It's a new hive this year and all seems to fit together properly. This doesn't happen in the supers. I'm wondering if the Q excluder is creating a gap?
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    Rose method in National brood boxes?

    Hang on, please, gents! I don't have as much knowledge as you! Is Finman in favour or not - I can't tell? And please don't go off on a Langstroth tangent - open another thread if you like. Let's try to keep to my original questions pleeeeeease!
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    Rose method in National brood boxes?

    Apart from the weight of full supers, what would be the disadvantages of adopting the Rose method using National brood boxes?
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    Crystals in sugar solution

    So what do I treat with?
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    Crystals in sugar solution

    Treat with what exactly? I understood thymol was banned and no other chemical treatment exists?
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    Crystals in sugar solution

    Thymolated sugar syrup? I thought we couldn't use thymol now?
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    Crystals in sugar solution

    Many thanks for all the advice. I replaced the 2:1 sugar solution with 1:1 last weekend. Today I find they have taken very little of it over the week - about half a pint I estimate, and there is mould around the inside of the feeder, and in the solution. I am fed up! What will happen to...
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    Crystals in sugar solution

    Thanks, Oliver, you've got my gist! I use Tate & Lyle or Silver Spoon granulated sugar. I made up the solution two weeks before I needed it, and stored it in well-washed plastic squash bottles in my bee shed. I use a 4 pint round rapid feeder, dribbling a little down the centre, so the bees...
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    Crystals in sugar solution

    I'm feeding because they have brand new frames with new foundation, so need to build comb. My main question, however, is why my sugar solution crystallises - this happens whether I make up 1:1 or 2:1.
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    Crystals in sugar solution

    I did a shook (shock) swarm on my hive last week as my bees have tested positive for nosema since last autumn. I am therefore feeding 2:1 sugar solution, but when I checked the feed today very little has been taken down, probably because it has crystallised. When I make up the sugar solution I...
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    Bee sting on face

    Thank you all very much for your advice and remedies - beer and ice cream has taken his mind off it! He's out there now finishing off the grass in full bee suit ......... worse to come later, I suspect, as the swelling always seems to increase and get hot once the sun goes down ......... more...
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    Bee sting on face

    Thank you
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    Bee sting on face

    Hmmm ........ no thanks
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    Bee sting on face

    Thank you - have just stuck a bicarb paste on his face! The old ways are often the best!
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    Bee sting on face

    Thank you - I've got one of those, but doesn't seem to work as well as the hot cloth remedy. He's also taken an anti-histamine.
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    Bee sting on face

    Husband just got stung on temple while cutting the grass. Have done 15 mins of the hot cloth remedy, but it's quite near his eye and his lid is now swelling. Any other remedies out there that he could try? And he WAS wearing a hat - will put him in full suit next time!
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