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I've taken to providing a starter strip on the frames and letting the bees make natural comb. Takes all those nasty chemicals out (misses the point of the thread natch) Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

I've always found the seals stop sealing after a cycle in the dishwasher. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

Don't put lids in the dishwasher, wrecks the seals. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

It's not just Dartmoor according to this story in The Plymouth Herald http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/war-begins-on-the-invasive-menace-taking-over-dartmoor/story-30378550-detail/story.html Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

Personally I've found the size of the box doesn't seem to matter for yields, more the weather/location. As such, I'm gradually moving over to Jumbo Langstroths, with a normal-sized brood box on top, then supers. And I'll be replacing the supers as they wear out, with brood boxes. Got 35lbs off...

I can probably help you Derek. We spoke on the phone a year or so ago, after you'd done a talk at the NFBKA in Lyndhurst (I made some of your thermal roofs) I've some spare Langstroth boxes. Drop me a pm in the morning. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

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It is. If you have a 75lb box, then it needs to be lifted carefully - in my experience - so for now me, it means ensuring I don't have to stretch to lift; or, if it's on a hive in an awkward position, enlist the help of an assistant. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

That will surely depend on the person doing the lifting? I don't find lugging a cwt about too onerous but we're I of a more petite frame, it may well be I would suffer. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

I think he is based in The Fens, somewhere north of London I'm sure. I'll look up the email for the invite and see if it has his details. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

I was at a talk by a bee-farmer a few months ago (660+ hives) and when asked what he would do differently if he started over, said he would use only Langstroth Brood Boxes and not bother with supers. It seems very logical now. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

I've had lots of waxmoth in supers, problem with woodland out-apiaries I suppose. I store my boxes outdoors, hope for snow and scorch before re-installing with new foundation. Sent from my STV100-4 using Tapatalk

I have 2 x brood boxes and 2 x supers (will be getting another BB and 6 more supers this week) Well, here's what I did 1. Call sec of New Forest Beekeepers. His advice, was to put a sheet of paper, above BB, queen excluder on top, punch a few holes in paper, then put super on top, without...

Apologies for not searching for an answer but I'm hoping there might be someone on-line now who can advise. About 3 x weeks ago, I put a second brood box on top of my existing box and this seemed to work a treat, as I got plenty of bees, plenty of brood and plenty of honey. Lower box full...