cell starter units

[Jon]

Anyone using a Paynes nuc with extension brood as a cell starter?
The extension is very thick well insulated poly as it does not have the recess.

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[fatshark]

No Correx in sight and a fancy metal hive stand … you must be making a few bob from selling those queens ;)

[Jon]

That my multi-purpose folding ladder and paint stand.
I made a load of hive stands out of scrap wood which is more in keeping!

[fatshark]

Pleased to hear it … I was beginning to worry you were becoming one of those fancy-dan middle-class beekeepers responsible for all those swarms in towns ;)

[Jon]

Yeah, I do my beekeeping wearing jodhpurs and a monocle!
I have a manservant with a silver tray bearing a plate of olives which he feeds me while I graft larvae.

[Bridget]

Goodness Jon we could have done with the manservant today. Grafting class at Drumgerrys apiary. We were not very good at it, lots more practice needed I fear.


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[drumgerry]

Och Bridget it'll click with a bit more practice - I've no doubt! Maybe the tray of olives was the missing link today?

[drumgerry]

And.....I was telling the guys on our wee QR course this afternoon about the supers for the Paynes polynucs. They look good Jon. Are they set up in a similar way to a Harden cell raiser?

[Jon]

6 frames below, 5 and the cell bar up above.

[Calum]

Och Bridget it'll click with a bit more practice - I've no doubt! Maybe the tray of olives was the missing link today?
Pffff. Olives. G&Ts all round will remedy any such problems....