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    buying equipment

    hi has any member bought any equipment from a german company called Bienen-Voight, they have a mating hive extra body for the warnholz mating hive that does not appear to be available in the uk, it is 3.55 euro cheaper than from swienty, any info welcome. regards rourkie
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    poly national

    hi I have an unused swienty polystyrene national hive comprising varoa floor brood body super and roof,that i would like to sell, I also have 7 ply brood bodies in the flat, 6 ply supers in the flat, 5 ply roofs 3 flat 2 made up,the brood bodies and supers made from 18mm exterior ply the roofs...
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    isolation of queen mating site

    hi I live in a sparsley inhabited region and have been looking for areas suitable for a queen mating site i have identified sites were there are no houses or population in diameter of five to six miles, how far do vigins travel on mating flights? and how far do drones travel?, these sites are...
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    The hopkins method of queen rearing

    Hi has any one tried this method, and did it work seems very simple. regards rourkie
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    The black bee

    Hi I joined the forum this year and have been reading the threads regarding amm, I restarted bee keeping after a long break, in my younger days i kept upto 250 hives in kent, I now live in castle douglas scotland about forty miles from gretna green. I currently have eight hive all nationals and...
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    little red spiders

    hi i have been treating my hives with thymol as per the recipe on the forum. since the open mesh floors have been sealed with trays i have noticed little red spiders on trays when i looked to see what mites were falling . i think they are spider mites but the eyesights not as good as it was...
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    super bees

    I have been reading on the forum about todays super bees and new better bees, seems it needs a very large brood area that is not available using todays hives,I seem to remember 30 years ago the same discussion then about the best size of brood box for different strains of bee.Could i ask where...
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    silicone sealants

    High guys.I am making some frame feeders and wondered if i could use silicone to seal them up.regards rourkie
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