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I gave up beekeeping about 20 years ago; then about 15 years ago I thought I would set up my old national hive in the garden with some 5 year old drawn rat-eared brood frames.....Nothing, Zilch for 12 years. Last year I thought I would give Lemongrass a try. Doused a tissue in Lemongass put it...

K rend is to a fairly new type of breathable render and is as Hoover is to vacuum cleaners. There are other manufacturers, but the feature as represented by the various manufacturers is that the render promotes rain to run off the surface whilst allowing the inside structure to "breathe" I doubt...

Mine is built from clay and sand in a similar manner to the OP video. Then it was insulated with mineral insulation on the outside, covered in wire netting, then daubed with K-rend to provide a water "resistant" coating....That is why it has lasted 5 years...and still going. I used ordinary clay...

Here's mine,I built it 5 years ago and still going strong. The clay came from a small cave in the limestone. Cooks perfect Pizzas, bread and meat joints (overnight)......I don't use it enough. Needs well seasoned wood to cook at its best.

I have not kept bees for about 20 years, but this year decded to capture a swarm. The swarm of its own volition, took up residence in a National brood box with 2 frames of empty, drawn brood. I t was a reasonable sized swarm, so a day after arrival I put in 10 frames of foundation. I did not...

So, I was a beekeeper for about 6 years, who gave up in about 2000. At this time the Varroa mite in my area just about started to become a problem, there wasn't much use of mesh floor trays and I had never heard of polystyrene hives....Move on to 2012 and on tidyng out my garage I decided to...