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I wrote a response to David Wilkinson's article on Derek Mitchell's research in the October issue of BBKA News. It wasn't printed in the...

Critical to treat 3 times at 5-day intervals; that is, days 1, 6 and 11. The schedule was worked out by Peter Little many years ago...

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I use the below for final filtering. Out of the extractor the honey passes through a coarse stainless filter into a 30lb bucket then...

you don't want to be doing it during a very cold period as the bees will be tightly clustered and you want theem to bee loosely...

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I'm not! (Apparently I'm not very clear either!) I wrote: Thür argued that the health of the colony depended on preserving the hive...

The Thomas from Gwenyn Gruffyd is very well made, though it adds up once you buy the fine and ultra fine filters, the stand and the...

So. All my hives have no ventilation, apart from the round hole in the solid floor, which is 40mm if I remember rightly. So 3 holes. I...

even buying from B&Q (so not the cheapest) an 8x4 sheet of Celotex costs under thirty quid you can line over a dozen roofs with that...

I put 50mm PiR under my Abelo roofs and feed fondant this way if needed

Photos taken earlier -5c Just had a listen to the sides of the hives and 8 mini nucs all are alive and making a nice humming sound...