Recent content by ashley hunter

Thanks for all your help Regards ~ Ash

I have had a pretty good early season, having just extracted my OSR. I have three hives with 3 / 4 supers on each. I am not sure as to how I can get these cleaned by the bees so I can remove them. I’ve tried searching and there is mention of using a crown board but there is no indication as to...

Thanks for the advice. I will heed beeno’s advice from my first post - I should have merged it with another hive in the autumn as I was pretty sure it was queenless then. Still it’s all a learning curve.

I posted a little while ago about my suspicions that I had a hive that was Queenless / Drone laying queen. During the warm weather of last week I had a another quick look. Lots more sealed brood - all drone and very patchy. I will shake them out ( though when it’s much warmer - snowing here...

Oliger90owner - As advised I am just going to sit tight and see. I only had a very quick look and spotted only a very small amount of brood but it was all big bulging drone type ??? Though on the outer most frames. Perhaps I am jumping to conclusions as I thought that particular hive was...

That I am not sure of - as I only did a quick inspection - and possibly jumped ahead of myself. Will wait to have a proper look when it’s a bit warmer for a closer look - thank you for your help

I had a hive that I was sure had gone queen-less late into the autumn. It was too late to attempt to Re queen so I kept my fingers crossed perhaps I was wrong Very warm today so had a chance to check all my hives, tidy up and feed. This one particular hive is definitely queen less and there...

Thank you for all your help much appreciated

In previous years I have extracted my honey, removed the supers and fed the brood box in readiness for winter. This year I have just too many bees to be accommodated in a single brood box. I have put a super on to give them room ... but I am unsure how to go forward - should I wait and the...

She definitely in there - normally I would be happy with eggs but It’s a very aggressive hive, they go beserk when I open them up - though they don’t sting - too often !!. I would like to Re queen as soon as possible but this is proving tricky. Will give your suggestion a try. Thank you

Thanks for the reassurance - not seen it before. I have been hunting an elusive queen and it’s not helping as I have persuaded myself she’s in one of the tangles that drops away when I pull out a frame and she’s then lost.

On inspection this evening my bees seem to be clinging together almost linked like a chain, hanging off frames and linked between frames. I have not changed spacing or frame number ( 11 + Dummy Board) and not seen this before . hive is single national brood box - not overly full as was split a...

Thank you for the help - much appreciated

Can anyone tell me if there is a best time of day to unite a colony. I am concerned about what happens to the bees in the top box that are being United My assumption is that will not be able to get back into their box. If I do it during the day I am guessing there will be a lot out foraging with...

Thank you for your replies. Will see what I have left and recycle ☺️