Recent content by beesleybees

Ha, I thought I may not have been the first to show this. Sorry, I did ask though. Will take a look at the other threads Btw, where have I been the last few months??? Working 😭

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11429609/Beekeepers-in-Australia-invent-revolutionary-hive.html What do you think? Seems really good idea but is it cost effective and do you think the bees will behave an differently Apparently, commercial Beeks can...

Hi guys, had a nuc that lost the queen, gave them a frame with BIAS, they have raised a queen and I've left it alone for 3 weeks since my estimated emergence of the queen. Took a look in today and found this at the bottom of a super frame as I didn't have a deep frame available

Hi guys, Last year I read a lot about the pros of not using a queen excluder do this year I decided to tr it on a bs nation give that I have that had currently just a brood box and a super. I knew there was maybe a chance she would start laying in the super, but I was ok with this as if she...

Hi guys, Checked a over wintered nuc for the first time this year and found swarm cells on a couple of frames. One queen cell capped, very few eggs. Can't find the queen and I've. Checked 3 days on the run, she wasn't marked. Is it possible she's already left before I inspected even though for...

Thanks for the replies guys but I was told that lemon grass oil on its own isn't as good as the the other stuff that mimics the smell of a queen. Read about it last year but the lab grade reagents were quite expensive to guy and too much for what I need Any idea when the first swarms should be...

Hi guys, Would like to try my luck attracting some swas this year, put a few bait gives out last year but had no interest, hoping some swarm lures might sway it in my direction. Anyone making legit nasanov swarm lures that would sell me a few? Pointless buying the stuff to make it myself as I...

When I've tried toake fondant, I find it doesn't end up like the cake stuff. Ends up going pretty dry and hard. What am I doing wrong?

I have a nuc for sale if interested

Hi guys, I got 2 paynes poly nucs which have almost no where left for the queen to lay. They have been like this for a couple for weeks but as we are close to the end of the season, I wasn't sure if it was best to merge both of them and combine them both in a bs national. I have been...

I'm using bs nationals, using OMF the right way (so inspection board can be placed below OMF) allowing bees to use the full enterance space. I just thought it was easier for the bees to pass in and out therefore making it less congested during a flow. I have added an enterance block now

Hi, Keep reading how people are closing down their entrances on their hives, do I need to do that too? I've seen a couple of wasps hanging about but nothing major, won't making the entrance smaller slow them down Advice appreciated

So touchy lol This is a hive that I united 2 queen right nucs together (obviously removing 1 queen) So it is wall to wall with brood apart from the stores frame at either end of brood box

Hi guys, Have a national brood box that is wall to wall with capped brood. Do you think it's a bit late to add a super and go brood and a half??

Hi guys, I want to unite 2 paynes poly nucs, problem is I haven't got any spare brood foundation. Is there any way I can unite them and put all the brood frames together in 1 single brood box rather than seperating them via the newspaper method without causing a massive brawl?