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Bad beekeeper needs advice

OK, so I've been lazy this year. A combination of bad weather and lots of work stuff has meant I've just kept an eye on my two colonies and left them to it (so far). I have a pale yellow colony (from GWW) in two Lang brood boxes. I have a darker colony in one Lang brood box (from PH). Last year the pale colony took ages replacing their queen. This year they seem happy and are currently foraging like mad. Last year the darker colony took a while to start building up, then swarmed when I wasn't watching carefully/often enough. The new queen seems to have taken over well, though, and they've been foraging well this year when the weather allowed. I've been meaning to add another brood box with some frames for honey gathering, but...
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Saturday 23rd June

I thought this was going to be a good year. The hives were building up fast at the beginning of the year and then the bad weather came. No honey coming in and it looks like I have less honey in the hives then last week. Look for eggs in the Right Hive. Again could not see any so put a test frame in from the left hive. Right Hive. 2 frames of brood (test frame) Top Super Full. 2nd super. 1/5. Left Hive. 6 frames of brood Top super 1/2. 2nd Super 1/4.
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Eggs and Larvae - 2nd inspection

And so to our second inspection ever... We had the busiest Bee Sunday so far. Our 11am meeting of our local beekeepers association meant we started looking at Nick's apiary. How lovely to see the hive in which he had combined two small colonies. And then the hive from which he had removed 15 queen cells. And another without any queen at all. So much to learn from these experiences. The one thing we needed to know was how to check for eggs, and so we had the opportunity to ask and look, and look, and look. Until we were confident we could see our own. We were so inspired, we came home to check our own lovely ladies. In our first inspection we were comfortable with their progress, but hadn't seen the queen or eggs. So this time we went...
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Eggs and Larvae - 2nd inspection

And so to our second inspection ever... We had the busiest Bee Sunday so far. Our 11am meeting of our local beekeepers association meant we started looking at Nick's apiary. How lovely to see the hive in which he had combined two small colonies. And then the hive from which he had removed 15 queen cells. And another without any queen at all. So much to learn from these experiences. The one thing we needed to know was how to check for eggs, and so we had the opportunity to ask and look, and look, and look. Until we were confident we could see our own. We were so inspired, we came home to check our own lovely ladies. In our first inspection we were comfortable with their progress, but hadn't seen the queen or eggs. So this time we went...
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Inspection

Myself and my good lady went to inspect the Bees this evening having recently carried out drastic measures to control Verroa mite. We found the new frames addded to the stores half drawn out and getting filled with pollen and the new frames added to the brood centre also half of the frames drawn out and there were new eggs laid in the new comb. The Queen was obvious walking around on the brood frames and all looked well. The inspection board had approximately 70 Verroa mite and had been last cleaned three days ago.
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Our families growing Beekeeping experiences

So now that I have found this Beekeeping forum I can see that there are going to be many benefits from joining this site, therefore I am going to start my first Blog. I intend to update this as and when time allows and I hope those that read it will take the time to offer their critisicms when I am making my mistakes, in addition I hope this may prove a useful tool and that I may look back upon my entries to appreciate past problems and progress. I have just passed my first year of Beekeeping, Suzanne my wife and my third son Curtis and I have been involved together from the start. Our first hive we purchased is a Beehaus from Omlet, we have built it and situated on a headland strip in fields south of Brackley, south...
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Monday 04th June

I had a quick look for eggs in the Right Hive. Did not see any. There is still a lot of honey in the brood box and they don’t seem to want to move it up yet. Don’t seem to be much honey coming in. Right Hive. 0 frames of brood Top Super Full. 2nd super. Empty. Left Hive. 8 frames of brood Top super 1/2. 2nd Super 1/4.
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Needing advice on bees in my conservatory roof. Do not want to call the eterminator!

I need advice on what to do with the bees in and around my house, it seems there are two nests one in my conservatory roof and one in the wall of my house on the oposite side of the house. I really do not want to call an exterminator but im becoming very overwhelmed by the number of bees around the back door of the house as 2 of there 4 entry points are above the back door. Are they harmful, will they feel threatened by me and my children playing in the garden/eating in the garden, please help any info and advice welcome :-) xxx
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Wednesday 30th May

Right Hive the Queen Cell is being removed. I had a quick look for eggs. Did not find any, but did not expect to find any yet. The top super was full and capped. Added another drawn supper and will add another in a few days as there was a lot of honey stored in the brood box. Left Hive had less brood then 3 weeks ago. But there are fewer bees now, after I swapped the hives around. But they are building back up fast. Right Hive. 0 frames of brood Top Super Full. 2nd super. Empty. Left Hive. 6 frames of brood Top super 1/2. 2nd Super 1/4.
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we've survived week 1

And so it all began... Last Wednesday we collected our first swarm. First hive. First-time beekeepers. I'm sure we all remember it, but there was that moment when we took the call and we knew it would all start here. We had read the books, talked to the local beekeepers and understood what we should do. But real life doesn't go like that. Firstly the weather was so hot that we were worried about overheating in the hive. After consultation with beekeepers, and on this forum, we were able to think through for ourselves what to do next. That was the best advice - listen to others, ask questions but most important of all get to know your bees and learn what they need (not what you want to do!) So in the first week we have 1) opened...
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My First Blog Post - Beekeeping in Ontario Canada

My name is Rob Campbell and I'm the son of a beekeeper in Ontario Canada I have a lot of fun doing hard work keeping bees in this cold climate. But I firmly believe our native flora and fauna really do produce the best tasting honey in the world. One plant in particular, white clover, was put on this planet to make honey. It produces a perfect flavour with a slight butter aftertaste that is complimented by fresh butter. So with your permission I will share some stories here and relate how and why we do things in an open manner to share as much information as possible and hopefully collect your ideas and insights on how we can improve our cold climate operations. Stay tuned.
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Saturday 19th May

Got a cold, so had a quick look. Don’t know what happened to the 2 queen I had? Left Hive Had a Quick look. Brood looked OK and saw eggs. Right Hive Had about 15 Queen Cells. Could not remember witch one I left, so pick the best one and removed the rest.
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Saturday 12th May

There was a very small amount of eggs and not many bees in the left hive. So I swapped the hives around. Never done this before. Did find an opened queen cell on a frame in the right hive and put this in also. Just in case the eggs a worker eggs.
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can any one help me with my bees

is there anyone out there in paignton who could give me some guidance or mentoring i have joined the bee group in totnes but found it hard to get to. i am home most of the time have had bees 2 years now not much honey hoping for someone to help me please ?? any help would be very welcome
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