Trevor Gillbanks

It was unauthorised advertising, Not spam as such. Your question is valid.

Agreed. And the links only take you to the original proposal.

No. They mate on the ground

If I remember correctly. "I have a plan so cunning, you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel" At least that is how I remember it.

No, It was a weasel.

I reuse them. No problems.

Mine is made by Huawai and it has the chip in it. The non chipped ones are a lot more expensive. It was stated so on the box. Just kidding. As @Alastair said. Make sure you buy one with the calibrating oil, Or you can use Virgin Olive oil (But I can't remember the %)

Small 6g x10 mm long screws or pop rivets.

I bought a budget one from aliexpress and i have checked it against other NZ expensive ones. Mine came out with the same readings. Getting it graduated correctly is the big factor.

How can you say Intelligent Reasoning and IRD in the same post.

Those porter escape are not overly good. 4 per board are required for efficient clearing. I have got rid of all my Porter escapes. I like these https://www.ecrotek.co.nz/product/8-way-round-escape-bare

Is there any brood in the supers. That will stop the bees leaving.

100% revenue gathering. They will pretend other things but always follow the money.

Yes. Thanks for your efforts.

Too late. They are gone burgers.