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    3 Lincolnshire hives for sale

    3 National hives (floor, entrance spacer, brood box, cover board, porter bee escape & roof) with bees up for sale, see attached image with text about each hive. HIVE 1; £150 Carniolan bees were on brood and half this year, therefore the brood box is now a mixture of 4 deep foundation and 7...
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    Caging Queens - Any handy tips?

    I use an empty plastic 35mm camera film canister with pop-on lid, air holes drilled on the sides with a fine drill bit. Works a treat. Used it yesterday, as I wanted to exclude the queen, whilst I made a Nuc.There is room for a few workers in there too.
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    Any Nucs for sale in Lincolnshire

    Thanks marcros, I've sent a pm to Lincsbee. Hi,Oliver 90; South Lincs = near Bourne. Been here 13 years, same amount of time I've been keeping bees. I was looking for another colony a.s.a.p. because I wish to have them away from original apiary. Will be splitting existing colonies a wee bit...
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    Any Nucs for sale in Lincolnshire

    Hi, this is my first post on the forum. Wondered if anyone had a NUC or BROOD box of bees for sale in the South Lincolnshire area. I recently bought a 10 frame box (£190) at annual bee auction, RAF Scampton. Could do with another for my garden. Maybe neeed to wait until I can split this...
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