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I've tried a snelgrove board for the first time this year. Following the instructions to the letter I've found q cells in the bottom box with the q on inspection After 3 weeks of it I've finally gone with a conventional pardon in the hope to stop them. They are raming everywhere with osr at...

Cheers all, should of probably said what style of AS i used last year (Pagden). I may well try the Demaree method this year to keep it all on one site and see how that pans out for me.

Thinking ahead and how I could improve this coming season, I was looking at the AS’s I carried out last year and the time I left them before recombining. So my question is after an AS if you were to recombine, how long would you leave it before doing so? Would you let them fully raise the new...

Cheers all. Appologies I actually have 4 hives at this particular site not just 2 as in my little bio thing. If putting the q+ hive on the top of the q-. Is it ok to use a QE above the supers to prevent the queen getting in and laying in them? Then once combined shuffle boxes about, add...

So I have a hive which has failed to raise a new queen. They are hopelessly queenless now. They are currently occupying a 14x12 brood box and 3 suppers and are very full (of bees). I don't want to give them the opportunity to raise a new queen as i want to reduce numbers off hives, so adding a...

So after a normal artificial swarm spilt how long till I can recombine to one hive? Possibly complicated in this case as well as for some reason the Q cell left ended up getting tore down (not overly concerned as happy to keep the original Q anyway). So they are now at the point the new Q...

Nearly 3 weeks ago they started for our bees in Worcester.

Came home to one of the hives swarming (poor weather last week prevented us having a look in). Anyway, the queen is 2 buy due to what looks like chewed wings (she's always had them) she couldn't fly. So she was put in a new box in the original location tp stay with the returning bees. The...

Had the same. About 10 charged cells in one of the hives at the weekend, not a lot of drones but split carried out. Hopefully some nice weather for the new queen in a couple of weeks.

Hmmm I may have to get in touch with them as well then. Never had one!

How often are the magazine's?

I have exactly the same thing from one of my hives. I've wondered if its anything to do with tracheal mites.

Ahh my old home town... I thought your story of shotgun wielding farmer types in another thread sounded like my youth :biggrinjester: But back to the the thread, google your town name and bee keepers and I'm sure the local association will come up.

Working from home I'm normally able to just wander into the garden and view the little dears .... However I'm on holiday and I'm strangly sat here wondering what they are up to. However, modern technology means I can sit and watch the boats in the bay :sunning: and the bees in the hives on my...

Nicer weather on Sunday gave me a bit more time. They have been out of the nuc 6 weeks. There are eggs, grubs and sealed brood. I have 2 colony's (this being one of them) Additional equipment is a NUC and hive (unassembled thus the NUC being easier access). I have read from Dave Cushman that...