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Hi has this gone now? thanks Steve

thanks pargyle - didnt know you could actually get frame extenders! as you say will prob go without extenders for the time being and fingers crossed.

thanks, will go solid then and get that changed over once finished varroa treatment

fprgot to add - will use a rapid feeder and be careful not to spill, have found probs with the rapid feeders dumping all the syrup through the hive which i thought was not great. or perhaps a frame feeder depending on space

many thanks for comments to answer some of the questions - it is a poly 14-12 nucleus and a wooden brood box. - my entrance is already reduced to 1 bee space at present and wasp traps out as well - the bees are foraging well as i can see with lots of pollen coming and also i think they have...

HI All i was wondering if i could ask for some advice from the forum please Essentially i got a 14-12 nucleus at the end of july having lost my 1 colony over last winter. I moved them into full brood box mid august hoping that they would draw it all out. At present they have 6 drawn out frames...

Hi I have sent you a pm Thanks

thanks

great, thanks for the reply. i'll drop you a PM. thanks again

Lost both my hives over winter and was hoping to get started again - does anyone have a nucleus available in Nottinghamshire area for sale?