markb2603

First warm day and swarm of 2024! FFS Edit: doesn’t look to be one of mine. All queens seen but still FFS

Too late I’m afraid. Went to get boxes on the 4th to combine. All 3 had just gone laying workers. Eggs and some small brood but eggs all...

I have 10 full colonies and after this one is sorted, 12 nucs. All the others are in good shape going into winter and I’d like to put...

I have 4 nucs, 3 are queenless and now broodless - it’s been about 5 weeks since capped queen cells were spotted and I let them get on...

I did a removal about a month ago from the same location with a cherry picker and it was very useful for getting exactly where I needed...

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve advised a chimney sweep will be required after as will a builder to bee proof the chimney. I’m not so...

A bit of a pickle. I’ve been asked to remove a colony of bees which have set up shop about halfway down a chimney 18 months ago. There...