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I use Swi-Bine as well as Apidea's. The Swi-Bine is cheaper but not as well engineered as the Apidea. Both work well and take 250ml of bees. The Swi-Bine does not have a separate feed section so it can be harder to fill the feeder if required. Both can be purchased from the Buzzybee shop
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I've used Kielers from Modernbeekeeping ... they are a little bigger than Apidea's and you can buy a 'super' for them. I've had 100% mating success with them this year and, after taking out some of the queens, have united the remaining ones into double-deckers which I can keep until late summer (or even overwinter) for re-queening whenever needed. You need to add a thick plastic sheet crown board. It's a simple top-bar design, but once the comb is well drawn it's pretty robust. Oh yes, much less expensive than Api's as well ;-)
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