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The next SNHBS annual meeting on 30 March at Loch Leven (same place as last year) - here -.

Thanks for all the advice folks. I went with the BS 2 in 1 nuc as I thought for an amateur it offers the flexibility of using it as a mating hive or...

tks for replies

I've had the opposite experience, I think those Stehr boxes are great. Simple box that takes frames of bees. I don't need or want anything else from...

Hello Calluna4u My problem with the Paynes box is not that it needs more space, but that I found the feeder was a graveyard for bees. I did hack...

I’m one of those people who hates the Paynes’ integral feeder, C4U - but I dislike all frame feeders! So, that’s my first reason. I just think...

Thank you Fatshark. Multi queen units in one box are an idea that sounds great, and even *sometimes* works great, but single units offer better...

The presence of any other floral source honey will not be the issue. Heather honey, even capped, will have a water content >20% and if naturally...

The moisture content is too high.

Late to the thread ... A couple of comments. The Thorne's Everynuc is pretty good. Best if you use Langstroths, but they convert it to National...

Sorry I’m talking nonsense. There are alternatives! Thorne’s have two options - but they both, I think, have problems.

I haven't yet bought a BS Honeybees nuc - but looking at the pictures I liked it because it gives enough space for the bees above the frames - unlike...

Quite. Pretty pictures though !

Yes, very straightforward. I bought one of these nucs last year but never got around to using it since I freed up my other nuc boxes early. This...

Thanks for the advice Adam. I have too much gear as well but i reckon i can sneak in a couple more nucs unnoticed. Anyone bought from BSHoneybees and...

The original polynuc was the Paynes one - which is OK apart from the feeder which I don't like so I have cut out the feeders in my ones to make 8...

Recent publication in Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. on Varroa's food source. In the abstract - Via transmission electron microscopy, we observed externally...

Don't cut corners by getting a cheap one................it will be your loosener for many many years if you get a good one from the start. Apart from...