Sales

[AdamD]

Both Maisemore and Paynes have October sales on if anyone is depserate for anything.

Polynucs are now around the £60 mark from both companies. I bought a job-lot of Paynes ones for £30 each not long ago.

[AdamD]

As last year, Maisies sale has started and continues until 30th November 2024.

As many know, Paynes have closed down.

[B1B2]

Is someone selling the Paynes pollys now?

[NigelP]

I ddin't know that Adam. How sad. My first poly hives were Paynes... but their incompatibilty with anything else made me sell them in the end.

[AdamD]

I was not too worried about the compatibility as you could mix and match with wooden boxes (Certainly better than the Paradise hives which had dimensional issues) however the brood box was awkward to lift and the polystyrene was not strong enough, as propolis is stronger than the poly and bits would crack off. Bees als decided to chew their way through the split between two brood boxes making a second entrance. I too sold my Paynes.
The same "weak" polystyrene of the nucs seems to be just about OK though. However my two originals (8 framers now) are getting very tired.

I assume someone will have bought the rights/tooling for the Paynes stuff and will launch them to the world soon. (By to the world, I mean the UK as we have our own special frame sizes and would have been better sticking to Langstroth frames in the first place imo.)

[AdamD]

Abelo have a Black Friday 10 day sale starting 22 November.

They are promoting their Mini Plus National which is confusing as their small mating hive used to be called a mini-plus, I thought? And I assume the frame sizes are different - but they don't give much information away.

[AdamD]

Simon the Beekeeper has taken over the Paynes Polyhive business and pre-orders will start on 29th November.