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I saw in the free ads someone selling thick insulating panels that each replace two frames in a Dadant hive (professionals typically use 10 or 12 frame Dadants). The panels on sale are probably polyurethane wrapped in moisture control sheets, which would typically be placed between a plasterboard ceiling and insulation above it. The panels had been used for two winters and appea...

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Create a searcheable UK register of those convicted of serious animal cruelty.

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£105 per tub (= £3.50/lb) Will sell all or individual tubs. Tubs weigh between 30 and 34lbs.

Honey is set. Extracted in July and August 2025.

Hives in garden in middle of large village. No OSR or beans within a mile this year, honey did not set quickly like OSR. Maybe lime, more likely bramble and clover.

Sieved into tub through Thorne double stainles...

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Wax Bar molds

Hi. I am looking into selling wax bars. What size molds do you generally use?

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I currently have 8 colonies with two National brood boxes on each. In the past we have reduced this to one during winter, but I’m now questioning this. Having looked at the pros and cons on-line, the only con I find is that “where there are two brood boxes, there is a bigger space for the winter colony to heat up”. But is this really logical. Heat rises and the brood nest or clu...

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