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The lime is only just coming into leaf but the hawthorn has been out for two weeks here. We are picking cucumbers from the unheated greenhouse. The asparagus is in full flow, three bunches every day

Thanks, they weren't when I was looking 18 months ago. That's handy.

I have a blog on this site, go to the blog page and put my name in the filters. I think you need a little encouragement and something to smile about

Have a read through this https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/two-years-in-and-i-think-i-am-queenless.48296/

For some reason the second digestion by bees seems to stop the crystalisation process to some extent. No idea why!

There is little I can say. I would consider a solicitors letter. As responsible beekeepers on this site I cannot see any of us condoning this method of keeping bees, it is akin to keeping a dangerous dog. Can you contact the local bee keeping association to see if he is a member of that? I am...

I have never painted my Paines nucs inside or out. They have never leaked and I have been using them for eight or nine years. They were the original ones they brought out. Feeders have never leaked.

Temperature probably rose the extra degree to trigger the flights. Happens any time of the day

Thanks, appreciated

This is a very old thread, you would have done better to start a new one. Got confused with your moving boxes around, are you suggesting a pagden as in swarm control?

I think I might have popped the old one in a nuc with a couple of frames. and destroyed the queen cell but that is just me!

They didnt tell me anything, no instructions despite asking several times.

Make sure he sends you the extras silicone if you have any polys and cleaning stuff. but no second dispenser needed. Be careful if you clean it with water while hot, it can be quite explosive 😃

Keep smiling, sometimes your apiary gets like that, you need to sort out how many hives are ideal for you to go into winter. That is the number you will be aiming for come autumn. You reach that by culling the worst queens and combining up to reach the perfect number but meanwhile you may end up...

I am presuming this is an open mesh floor, if not then it MAY be a swarm but I am not convinced. Is there a queen in the hive itself?