Remember that you need to specify a right handed brush Gavin … Jon may have quoted you for the southpaw model. Certainly the price was very good. There are a few on Amazon around £2.20 when you buy a set of 5, but £3 is often the price.
Remember that you need to specify a right handed brush Gavin … Jon may have quoted you for the southpaw model. Certainly the price was very good. There are a few on Amazon around £2.20 when you buy a set of 5, but £3 is often the price.
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I dismantled and thinned just as you suggest
when you buy them they are so stiff they just punch though the cell base
I'll give the cup cleaning another try being a skinflint
I haven't the knack of using the brush Gavin so gave up on that pretty quick.
I somebody made a decent Chinese tool it would sell like hot cakes.
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I think I've cracked a way to clean brown cups, soak them in cold water overnight (not hot as this turns any jelly into a sticky mess) then use a toothbrush with an extended end, like longer bristles at the tip, to stipple and stirr under slow running cold water. I set up 30 yesterday morning to acclimatize, grafted in the evening so will see tonite how well it has worked
not bad - only one failed !
I got 12 for £9 on ebay. Just check offers for 000 sable
key thing with grafting is neither the grafting implement nor the grafter. It is the state of the cell starter colony.
If the starter colony is right they will start almost everything.
Can't argue with that, I like to shake a few frames of nurse bees into the top half of my cloak board set up at the same time as sliding in the divider, the top box has already been separated from the queen for nine days at this point so with nothing to feed they'll pounce on the first larvae offered after an hour or two of the divider being in. Last few grafts have been near enough 100% acceptance.Originally Posted by Jon
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