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Thanks for the advice, I thought 2.1 was best for winter, last year i added some thymol mix so it wouldnt ferment. varroa treatment will be oxalic acid vap (api-bioxal) I didnt want to put the nuc in a full size hive this late so was hoping it would be ok it seems pretty strong.

Hi All Its my second year keeping bees, I originally was having just 2 hives now I have 4 hives and a Nuco_O last year I left a super on each hive removed the QE all was ok but come spring i had brood in the super and just wanted single brood so this year i was going to leave them with just the...

whats next to flower around manchester bramble? when is the main flow around here?

I did an inspection today and thankfully spotted the origanl queen that was marked, so panic over for now, I have at least 1 Queen in there and maybe 2 with the emerged cell? I guess the guys who said she was just having a break were right. I also spotted some brood and larvea in one of the...

Ah didn't think of that, so if it is q- the only option this time of year would be to combine, or could introduce a mated queen if i could get hold of one and leave them to it.

it does look like pollen but just in a strange place.

Any idea what this is hanging out of the back end? https://photos.app.goo.gl/BTyce4Bt5GrUfJJo6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/ANVswKExPzWG9Y8w9

you could make some if you can get the perspex/polycarbonate. i found some 6mm stuff of some old signs and made a couple not sure theyd hold a 4 pint feeder without sagging though.

Thanks ive read this will read several more times before it sinks in mithinks.

ill try that next bit of decent weather we have, when i checked there was an emerged queen cell on a frame ,so if this is a supercedure would she have had timeor weather to mate or will she wait until next year to get mated? there are a lot of bees still in the hive full seems plus a super.

how would I test put in a frame of eggs?

may have to do a full inspection i only looked at a few frames today i was just removing the QE and checking stores. if the stores are low would that stop her laying?

Dont think there is any diseease they were bursting with brood a few weeks ago and all looked good. I removed the supers begining september left them one full one but the hive is light on stores now. whats the latest i could combine them? the weather is not looking good for the next few weeks.

probably a long shot but what are the chances of getting a queen this time of year? ive just checked one of my hives and there is no capped brood or eggs. i checked the other hive and there's quiet a bit of capped brood. any ideas? is it to late to combine them?

Thanks for all the help guys and im sure most newbees have a sense of humur, as long as your not getting trolled for asking advice i dont see any harm in having a bit of banter. granted like any forum the same old questions will get asked over and over and no doubt get a bit tedious. i normaly...

I'll give it a go,just looked in the cupboard I've only got black food colouring,I don't suppose they'll mind����

ive just made some thymol mix for feeding syrup but dont want it in next years honey if there's any left. Can you add food colouring to the syrup to spot it in the frames of the super so it could be removed? or is this not advised. if so would the colour stain the wax? or would the bees just...

I'm on standard national boxes,there's still plenty of brood and loads of bees, I'd say there's 2 frames of stores in the brood, it looks like they've just started filling the empty spaces with honey still larve and eggs I could leave the half filled super on I was going to feed them to see if...

hi guys first time clearing supers and extracting so after some advise below is my current configuration. I've got 3 supers on 2 are 90% capped so I was going to remove these and extract the 3rd is half full. so what I've done is from the bottom brood box q excluder another brood box with...

so at the moment it has 2 supers on hopefully remove these next week or so, then i could put another brood box above the QE with foundation for the bees to clear into and draw out. should i feed them or just put the wet supers back on above?