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I am looking for a low-tech way to boil frames. Stainless pots are expensive. Big Burco hard to find and expensive. At the moment I am considering the bottom part of a copper immersion tank or a butane gas bottle with the top off. Apart from the potential for the Darwin awards when cutting the...

I have seen a couple of threads about making an electric embedder but nothing clear about the transformer. An American site advised a 12V 2Amp transformer as this is what is put in the 'Kelley' embedders. Can this be AC or must it be DC? I have found two online if I can put in links - one is a...

It was bright and sunny today so our garden hive had a lot of bees flying. We took this opportunity to take a quick look inside the hive. There is new nectar on some frames (liquid enough to drip out if turned over) and a whole area of it had large bubbles in. Is it just that I haven't noticed...

Hi There We are likely to treat with oxalic in the next week or two, depending on the weather. Is it a useful idea to put the drawer in the bottom of the Open Mesh Floor before treatment to monitor mite drop? Is there a reason not to put the drawer in? Is it likely to make the treatment more...

Hi there. Does anyone know a source of the small 'L' brackets used to reinforce the corners of a WBC lift? I guess they may be available from a hardware supplier somewhere but cannot find the right size. Thank you Ray