Recent content by meekle

on my last look into the hive at teh end of last week there was around three of four cells on the front DP frames full of pollen, and i have seen a few bees carrying "saddlebags" as my wife calls them of pollen.... so fingers crossed thanks for your advice so far - i am sourcing some dummy...

thanks for the advice. i fitted the super to make a "brood and a half" as i was told when i purchased the hive that it would allow for the formation of a natural brood shape. There are 11 frames in the super, and two have been drawn and filled with stores - as oliver says they are above teh...

first post - so be kind to me!! I set up a bait hive in may with some pheromone attractant as my house is sat between two apiaries so i hoped to catch a swarm. well, just as i thought that i missed it this year, i had a swarm arrive on 19th July. The air was black when they arrived and the...