Recent content by garysbee

Buy a couple of queen clips they make for easy catching

My Advice is not to touch the stores as soon as they start rearing brood those stores will disappear very quickly .

Now there an idea :winner1st:

Did not think of that thanks

I want to split a tray of apiguard between 2 week hive what can I use to set it on

I bought one this year but still in she'd . cells looking good

make up the nuc shake off the bees off the frames before putting them in the nuc . place the nuc on original site and move the hive to far side of the garden this will split off the flying bees and make it a bit easier to find queen

Can anyone suggest a extractor

Not 100 percent sure but seem to wanting to smother her

Received today they still look like there biting the cage

I have no brood left in hive all hatched first virgin hatched about 3 weeks ago

Going to put food on them now seemingly it might help

Wanted to get hive up and going quickly now maybe thinking it was a mistake

My hive went queenless about 3 weeks ago virgin left with a half the bees no sign of another virgin . I put a test frame in Sunday before last they build queen cells so I bought a queen 2 days ago put the cage in checked today and they look like there begin aggressive towards the cage what do I...

Thanks for all the advice