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Has anyone experience of using VarroMed from BeeVital? The instructions claim "WITHDRAWAL PERIOD: Honey: Zero days" I assume that doesn't mean you can treat when supers are on, but what does it mean? Remove supers, treat, return supers?? When though? Next day? Thanks.

I'm planning to have a go at some queen rearing for the first time this year. Several of the methods involve feeding syrup while the production colony is raising the queens, while leaving supers on. Isn't there therefore a danger of honey adulteration? And in which case what's the best way to...

I have a BS honey 6 frame Nuc which can be split into two 3 frame nucs. Can two 3 frame nucs get themselves through the winter ok (obviously if fed fondant etc) or do they need to be one bigger colony? And is now the time to be setting those up?

Just coming to the end of my first season. I’m wondering what is best to be feeding bees right now? 2:1 syrup or fondant? There’s a fair amount of forage around still and the bees are working hard, but a couple of my hives don’t have much in the way of stores and the laying has definitely...

Hi. Having found a charged Q cell in a hive, I have done an artificial swarm placing the existing Q in a nuc box along with 3 frames of brood/stores/nurse bees, plus 3 frames of foundation. I failed however, to shake in any additional bees to boost their numbers a bit. I have two questions: 1)...