
Derek
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Derek last won the day on April 8 2015
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Beekeeping Experience
Non Beekeeper - I do not want bees
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Waitakere
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Derek started following Buying used gear, 1080, Commodity Levy / Fight for the Industrys future? and 4 others
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Congratulations @Daley Enjoy!
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New nucs in the FD brood box - FD or 3/4 honey supers?
Derek replied to TonyG's topic in General Beekeeping
True, I haven't been around. But as Trevor pointed out, as a non beekeeper there's not a lot I was able to contribute to anyway, and things that I did do are well covered by others. I'll post something somewhere to let you all know stuff... -
Unlikely, a damp bus ticket is probably all they'll get. Or if they've got a judge who gets really hard on them, they might get a wet one...
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Did someone type "we're", when they meant "were"?
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Wait till next week.
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profile info shows he hasn't logged in since Friday 25th - so away for Easter perhaps?
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Presume you have the mobile number as advertised in his directory listing? MIDAS queens
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It appears we have some argentine ants here now (up in the Waitakeres) - my wife has been looking in to control and Xtinguish does seem to be the go. You can get it here Flybusters Antiants - suppliers of professional DIY Pest Control products with online ordering, ecommerce and free advice
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@Pbee we're seeing hoppers now, probably about a week since first one was spotted. Not huge numbers up here yet.
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Have to link to this... @Merk 's nightime incident... Bee Keeping is No Longer Fun When ......
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My Echo blower is quite noisy, but it's also extremely grunty - the air speed is well in excess of 100 km/h (can't remember exactly, but I measured it a while back with my little handheld anemometer). Can't really comment on the noise comparison, my guess is that generator / electric blower combo would be quieter. The big advantage with petrol driven is self sufficiency - using a gennie requires a power lead still.
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Ahem.... This is normally the type response expected from a teenage girl when asked about what type of car they have........ a red one...... :lol I shall say no more. I am guilty of causing off topic conversation. Please forgive me..... :mask:
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This seems on topic, but perhaps only just
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Another thing I was told, the lower cost model Huskie's (Husqvarnas) aren't quite made to the standard or quality that the brand reputation would imply - apparently the big forestry use beasts are still from the parent Swedish company, but others are made by Electrolux whose brands include McCulloch (if I remember rightly). Disclaimer - this was told to me by the local Stihl shop owner, he may have been slightly biased!! I did check back at the time and did find evidence supporting what he said though. Echo are a pretty good option, I have one of their leaf blowers and line trimmer /
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Not seen any out this neck of the Waitakeres yet... (further out and higher up than Swanui) which is good news...