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I do a fair bit of microscopy. Yet to see a tracheal mite. I do use Apiguard as a mite treatment though

I have only ever killed off one colony. It was only my second year and I was trying out a Warre hive. The bees were really hot, with...

Re-reading this thread your comment " I have been keeping and teaching beekeeping for years, now," struck me as incompatible with...

Persevere. It has been a bad year, especially up there, or so I've heard. Next year could be completely different. You have a duty of...

What's natural about keeping bees?

Most hives have wax moths in them but usually, as JBM says, the bees keep them under control, unless the hive is weak. I do nothing...

Fairly certain the white stuff is remnants of crystallised honey, & the pollen looks like old stuff that the pollen mites have sorted...

I had an identical situation - single QC twice. I left them to it on 8th May, checked on 31st & found multiple sealed QCs one soon to...

I would never unite without ensuring one hive was queenless, having actually killed or removed the queen, and/ or putting in a test...

When I moved to Devon last year, I simply posted on the local FB page. I got about 10 offers of apiary site. As a result I have my bees...

By my reckoning 12 Oz jars equates to 225ml. Can't find them on hobbycraft site.

Took the two grandsons ( 10&8) for their first look in the hives. The youngest was apprehensive at first but as soon as he got into the...

Throw a rope over a branch above the swarm. Tie on a drawn comb. Pull up to be adjacent to swarm. Bees crawl onto comb. 3 days is a long...

Nothing you have said with your review has changed my thoughts on suburban garden beekeeping. suggesting giving it out to naïve new...

Totally agree. Hive A is a waste of time. Need to ensure B is Q- before any action. Do you have access to other colonies?