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    DIY polyhives - is there such a thing?

    The answer is to use polyurethane sheets not polystyrene. These are much stronger have a thin metallic sheet on both sides. They can also be cut and routed with wood working tools, including those purchased form Lidl for £100 Finman! If you search this thread for posts by Derekm you will find...
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    Alternative materials 1: Perlite.

    I suggest you look at some additives to help bind the mixture together. I know of three main ones: Poly fibres are cheap but not that impressive. Short twisted metal strands are used in mining when lining tunnels and have a good reputation. Glass fibre strands are probably the best option but...
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    Kingspan for a hive?

    i have recently started making hives out of poly-uretane 50mm sheets. i had the idea and then came across derek's thread and used the info to improve my own version. very disappointingly he didn't answer my questions. however i have sorted most of the teething problems out now and have bees in...
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    Smoker fuel

    I agreew ith PH. A very experienced beek at our club (North Shrops) told me to use 'waller' which is old crumbly wood. i have used it ever since with success. Also it is free if you keep your eyes open! Mark
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    abandoned nuke

    Thank ypu for your replies I have amde up two new mininukes to replace it. i will not be opening them up so often this time around. Mark
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    abandoned nuke

    Sorry I should have made it clear that this was a mininuke so it had fondant and pollen supplement and three mini frames with strips of undrawn foundation. No brood of any sort (apart form the queen cell obviously). What I am perplexed is that they seem to be getting on well. They had started...
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    abandoned nuke

    Eric Because that is what Ron Brown recommends in his pamphlet 'Honey Moon flats for Honeybee Queens'. Do you think he is wrong? I would be intersted to know why and what you think I should have done. I have always thought of him as a very wise man as well as a particularly fine writer. Mark
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    abandoned nuke

    I set up my first nuke with queen cell (not that close to hatching on 9th May. Left them in a cool dark stable for 4 days and then put them out in a far corner of my paddock.I opened the door the next day. To my delight the bees were coming and going and after a week late I opened up and saw...
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    Finding the Queen?

    i agree that positive thinking is part of the answer. clive de bruyn states in one of his books that if you are struggling to find the queen you should make that your only job when opening the hive. as a newby i failed the first few times and then tried this, combined with moving the brood box...
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    roofing material

    derek have you glued correx sheet to the roof of your pir hives? also i could you please expain how you made the floor grids out of pir and how it works? thanks mark
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    Tools

    derek is it any good for polyurathane? or is that pir? mark
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    Waspinator

    rosti did the coke bottles have coke in them or something else? if so what? also what is fondant protection? i made some fondant using your recipe. it worked very well, thanks! mark
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    why are bees on top of frames?

    Thanks Terry. I am one of those who has to learn the hard way! Mark
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    why are bees on top of frames?

    **** i am puzzled why the initials of the shropshire beekeeping association are assumed to be a swear word but perhaps there is some past history with this forum of which i am unaware. mark
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    why are bees on top of frames?

    I wish to clarify my comments as they may have been misunderstood! i wanted to add fondant because when i moved 2 of the hives a few days before they felt rather light. WHILE i was adding the fondant i thought i would also have a look at them. this did not involve removing any frames! to...
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    why are bees on top of frames?

    i opened my hives on friday to have a look at them and add some fondant and pollen supplement. i have three hives. the first is the original colony i adopted when we bought the property. they had a drone laying queen which i replaced but they never really got going before winter and didn't suck...
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    moving hives

    Thank you all for your advices. I will monitor the weather and hopefully go for it in the next few days. Mark
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    moving hives

    I have been waiting all winter for a cold snap to enable me to move two of my hives approx 100m from my garden to the adjacent field. I am wondering if this cold (ish) period we are coming in to will be ok to do it now. I am in central Shropshire. Any thoughts? ps I don't want to move them 3...
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