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Hi I have a question relating to uniting. I have a overwintered hive on double brood, when I do my 1st inspection, I suspect the majority of the bees & queen will be in one of the boxes. How would I combine into one? Thanks

I just made some nucs using 12mm ply. The entrance hole is at 5". I'm not a joiner and this was my first project. I hope I have built the correctly!

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Hi I have a hive on double brood and 4 supers (3 filled & being capped, 1 empty) In today's inspection I noticed the top BB has now started to be back filled with honey (4 frames full of honey and the rest have brood with empty cells being filled with nector) instead of the supers. • Should I...

Hiya John Welcome. I'm not very far from you, live in Blackburn. I'm a 2nd year beekeeper so will be nice of we can support eachother.

I tried the rolling demaree method this year and found the same. As the brood was emerging the bees filled with nector. I then transferred these frames into the bottom BB. At this stage I went double brood as the queen was very prolific.

Interesting, how is this done? Do you need to clear out all the bees first (clearer board)?

Wow a fantastic thread here with so much ew information to learn thanks fellow community. How would I avoid the bees not filling the top BB with honey, but instead filling it in the super?

Hi all Just in this topic, I inspected my hive yesterday and the BB was getting very full so I attempted a demaree, however, I only have 1 super between the bottom BB and the top BB. Will this still work?

What is best method of storing the store frames?

I took some measurements few months ago and this is what I recorded. *No to scale

I can't remember when I fed. Could have been whilst they were in. It could possibly be ivy. There was 3 frames of brood.

Hi all I did my first inspection of the season yesterday and found one hive with several frames full of stores. I treated with Apivar in autumn and wondering if I add a super on will the honey be safe for consumption if the bees move the honey up into the super? Thanks

Hi all In my 1st year beekeeping and have made a regretful mistake. I stored wet supers in the shed at the allotment in black bin bags. These were stacked and covered with board at bottom and top. However, I left one on the table and appears a rodent rat/mouse bit through the bag and has...

Just a few weeks ago they had a sale on and I bought an additional 12 frame ploy hive. On sale the cost was £172. As a beginner BK, I find them easier to manage in terms of weight/lifting/moving compared to wooden. The delivery, service & returns is very good. I would recommend them.