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Wynne jones is the cheapest that i have found taking into account postage and VAT,I think theirs work out to £0.36p a jar. i have trawled the net and they come out top

Ok so i inspected today and there seemed to be a lot of drone cells in there. There was worker brood and eggs in the cells in normal formation from what i could see but i was just wondering why there would be so many drone cells.

thank you for the replies, i have them on my allotment which is surrounded by countryside.

Unfortunately i have seen some nasty replies to other peoples posts whp have asked for answers in their time of need. The forum has administrators who should be monitoriing posts and to say that everyone is treated equally is rubbish. If someone asks a genuine question whether they be a total...

I have 3 hives in an area,two polpulated nd one empty but the empty one will soon be populated with a colony that i have in a nuc box. How many hives can you comfortably have together please.

HI, I have looked on flee bay and can get jars for around 40p, is this good or is there anywhere cheaper that i can get them?

HI, i had about 6 stings last year and every time my reaction to the sting was worse.

Many thanks for the advice everyone. lessons being learnt every day by me and its great to be able to hop onto here and get good quality advice from seasoned beekeepers.

Queen wasnt clipped, no cells at last inspection but it has been a few weeks since i have been able to inspect due to weather and time,work etc all frames are covered and the colony appears to be at its strongest since i purchased it last year

Cheers Pete, it was a suspicion but there seemed to be so mnay bees in the colony

I undertook a hive inspection today with a view to performing an artificial swarm. i could see no eggs or queen. there were several sealed queen cells. It has thrown me a little as i am not sure that the colony has already swarmed although the hive looked pretty full to me or something has...

what sort of quantity are you after?

thanks any ideas who sells them

thanks for the intelligent replies

Twigs