Hi everyone,
On Friday 22nd May I looked through a new colony somebody had given to me and it appeared to me that there was a virgin queen. This was because there were a couple of opened queen cells with fresh royal jelly. At this point there was no brood in the hive at all.
However on the...
You want an artificial swarm.
Hi.
You have clearly got problems in your hive. You will probably want to do a swarm control. To do this you will have to do an artificial swarm and make the bees think that they have swarmed.
To do this you must remove one of three things:
1) The Queen
2) The...
Hi All.
Just a quick question about my hive. I lost my hive over winter to Nosema and I was wondering about the best way to clean it and also can I eat the capped honey if I uncap it and take it out?
Also what is the best way for me to get the comb out and can I melt it etc. Thank you very much.