The most useless thing I have bought to help my beekeeping .. or anywhere else for that matter !

[pargyle]

OK ... following the confession in another thread from another member I thought I would start winter off with the opportunity to confess the things we have bought that live in the back of the shed never to be used - seemed like a good idea at the time is the only exscuse !

Mine ... the Queen clip catcher - only ever used it once and sucessfully squashed a perfectly good queen when she decided to make a run for it when I let the thing close. Never again ...

Come on now - time to own up - we've all got a skeleton in the cupboard somewhere ...

 

[Erichalfbee]

Come on now - time to own up - we've all got a skeleton in the cupboard somewhere

An ex husband?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Actually I have a very expensive Norwegian four season sleeping bag that was supposed to accompany me up Mt Cotopaxi 18 years ago. Trip was cancelled and it’s still in its wrapping hanging in a spare wardrobe. I might go and look at it

 

[pargyle]

An ex husband?

Well at least you haven't got him stored at the back of the shed !

 

[Ian123]

Well at least you haven't got him stored at the back of the shed !

Or in the sleeping bag

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

mark&turn/plunger queen marker (got both) used once, never again.

 

[tonyofarr]

Frame feeder used once, loads of bees drowned in syrup.

Frame rests bought in a sale, never been used.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

rampin - used once, chucked in the toolbox, sold at next bee auction

 

[GuyNir]

Frame rest, never used, given to the association.

 

[Boston Bees]

One handed frame lifting gripper thingy

 

[user 819]

Uncapping roller used once, has sat at the back of store shed for many years now..

 

[Wilco]

The wrong refractometer...

 

[Moobee]

A bee brush. Waste of time and money and clogged first time I used it and upset all the bees.
A Burco boiler for rendering down wax, that cost nothing (Freecycle) but drove half way across Sussex to collect with OH to get home and find it doesn't work.....

 

[Murox]

One handed queen catcher gadget.

 

[madasafish]

DIY pollen trap never used.

 

[enrico]

Flat queen excluders, especially plastic ones!

 

[Michael Palmer]

Jentner plastic no graft system.

 

[Nannysbees]

All used at the moment, still early days for us though

 

[simonwig]

One handed queen catcher gadget.

I really like mine, each to their own...

Simon

 

[SixFooter]

Flat queen excluders, especially plastic ones!

I'll have em