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    Wasps

    A bit late for this year but for future reference what can I do to stop Wasps decimating my hives? This year I've lost 2 nucs and a strong double BB national. Completely robbed out and seemingly nothing I done helped like reducing the entrance removing nests and trapping literal thousands of...
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    Funny Honey

    It's not fermenting. But is rock hard not quite as hard as rapeseed honey. I'm pretty sure there is no rapeseed in it as the supers were added 2 weeks after it had finished so I don't really know what it comprises of. :ot:Would be interesting to get it tested somehow!? I don't know where I'd go...
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    Funny Honey

    Got a bit of an issue with my honey this year. It looks like it's shrunk in the jars and looks unappetizing (not gonna sell very well). Can it just warm the jars in the oven? This has happened to every single jar! Thanks.
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    Bees covering outside of hive

    So I had a look today thank goodness I did! Found 3 cells two of which were then emerging. I guess they built them up after I'd put the new queen in as there was still young larvae present at that time. One of the emerging queen's was really small so got rid of her. But the other looked really...
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    Bees covering outside of hive

    It was a a double brood hive that I split old queen was removed from that location. I brought a new queen and put in there 13 days ago (couple of days after the split). Haven't had a chance to look in their but knocked down 3 cells when I went to open the cage. Knowing my luck I probably missed...
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    Bees covering outside of hive

    I got a phone call while at work saying one of my hives is swarming. So I asked for a picture, and I'm sure what the picture shows is not a swarm because they all went back in after about half hour. I was told there was lots in the air as well. I introduced a new mated queen in to this hive last...
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    Confusion

    I was going to wait for the cells to be capped (they weren't far off) and choose the best looking one. then either get rid of the other two if there not looking good, or as you said nucs.
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    Confusion

    Right so a few weeks ago i posted a thread titled (queen problem?). hears a link: https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=46455 I looked for her last week bet couldn't see her. so i shook all the bees into the bottom brood box (using double brood box by the way) and shoved an excluder on...
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    queen problem?

    Thanks to everyone for the advice👍. Probably going to wait and see if anything changes and if nothing does I'll replace her
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    queen problem?

    I started beekeeping a couple years ago when I was gifted a hive and got a bit of help here and there. I now have 2 hives, but one is not performing as it should. I’m pretty sure I need to re Queen it as I think she is on the way out? There is lots of drone brood with a bit of worker brood mixed...
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