Recent content by mocko

Only 10 jars worth at the most!

Hi All, Have some honey that has granulated with a sealed tank from last year - what is the best method of heating and degranulating the honey so I can bottle it up. Thanks

Hi All, I have a colony that is currently doing very well - it's a national on double brood but there are 8 frames covered in both the top box and the bottom, I'm worried about swarming so would like to make up some nuclei. Question is, when spiliting the original colony to make a nucleus, is...

Hi All, Haven't got round to oxalic treatment as felt the weather was too warm around December, is it ok to oxalic the bees when it warms slightly by next weekend/week after? Secondly, my hives are in need of some wood treatment, what is best to use and can I apply it while the bees are...

thanks for the replies, how many jars would you estimate I need to buy? Them supers are very heavy!

Thanks for your reply, So I am probably thinking about putting the supers straight back on and letting them dry them out!

Hi again, About to extract 3 supers of honey - 10 frames per super. Never extracted before and very excited - the colonies are on double brood and the top boxes are also crammed with stores. How many Jars of honey or/and weight do you think I will obtain this year? Would be good info to have if...

Hi All, Looking at extracting my first 3 supers ever this week or next. I am looking to apply apiguard after removing the supers, will it do any harm to put the supers back on when extracted during the apiguard treatment? Don't really want any tainted honey. They are on double brood in which...

Oh wash your mouth out :drool5:

Yes I realised that now! I'm certainly no expert! The weather was Perfect for mating where I was a few weeks back.

Hi All, Posted on Monday that I thought both of my hives from an AS we're queenless. Found now eggs or queen present, went in today to put a test frame in each but found two large queens with a few sporadic eggs on the central frames. This is roughly 2 weeks after the queens hatched from the...

I think that's a good idea! I will test frame them today. How would I combine a NUC with a double brood box with 2 supers on top? Thanks A

Hi All, It's been a few weeks since two of my colonies on double brood had been artificially swarmed, Q cells have all hatched out and even had a cast swarm last week. Upon inspection yesterday, there were no visible queens or eggs in the hive.... I have two nucleuses doing very well and are...

Hi All, Where is the best place to sell NUC's? I don't have anymore room to increase my stocks so could do with selling them to invest in some more equipment. Thanks Andy

Thanks for your reply. There were around 8/9 sealed cells...the bees were densely populated around these! Why do casts occur? Does the virgin decide to leave and find a new home before mating? Thanks A