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    Any Essex Bee Keepers who might have NUC's available to buy?

    Thanks @Swarm @ericbeaumont , I am near Brentwood. do you know when your nucs will be available? Thanks Nick
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    Any Essex Bee Keepers who might have NUC's available to buy?

    Thanks very much @Wilco . To be honest i wouldnt normally be to concerned but i lost my mum last year to cancer, and the hive we lost was a hive which she named so i want to try and get it back up and running as quick as possible..
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    Any Essex Bee Keepers who might have NUC's available to buy?

    Hi all I am in Essex and i am looking to replace a failed hive we had over winter, so are there any local beekeepers who will be selling any over winters nucs? Thanks Nick
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    First Inspection

    Its wet, still sitting around 10-12 degrees at the moment. Sunny patches today but not very warm. I suppose thats my answer! Cheers
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    First Inspection

    Hi all. When are people planning on their first inspection of the year? Having checked throughout the year and topping up fondant, i lost one of my 2 hives. Just conscious i don't want to cause any undue upset to my last hive. Cheers
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    Treating my bees this year

    Hi all Due to ill health i have missed this year in treating the bees. I have a pack of Apilife Var on my desk. Do i go out now and put some in each of my hives? Is it too late to treat with Apilife Var? Thanks Nick
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    Assuming made a school boy mistake

    Well, I opened the door with my wife behind me ready to spin some honey to quickly close it to say we have a problem. My wife then said are there bees in there, I said a few... hundred. And of course this was the room with my bee suit in I shut the windows and was able to slip in and get my...
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    Assuming made a school boy mistake

    Luckily I do not class my self as experienced Thanks for the reply.
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    Assuming made a school boy mistake

    Took the last of the supers off this lunch time and moved them inside. 3 supers with a good amount of honey. All cleared of bees. Moved them inside the house maybe 20 meeters from the hive. Had a loose bee so I opened the window and and let him out. Not realising I left the window open. Now 3...
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    Clearing supers

    Thanks both. This is my second year and still learning so appreciate the comments so far Last week I was queen right with a strong colony working with 1 brood box and 4 supers on. Interesting. Maybe I will leave them to calm down after the disruption of moving the supers off Again, thanks...
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    Clearing supers

    Hi all I am clearing down the 4 supers on my hive and leaving 1 empty super in its place. Upon removing the supers the bees were very very Angy. I didn't get a chance to do an inspection yesterday when I removed the supers. Am I best to leave it a few days or should I inspect today since...
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    Eggs in the supers

    Thanks for the reply. Shaking 30 frames, storing them then putting them back was a lot harder than i imagined. Still hopefully the queen is now back in the bedroom!
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    Eggs in the supers

    Hi all On an inspection today on a hive with a single deep broodbox, QE then 3 supers, i found larvae in the supers with honey being moved to the brood frames Whats the best method to get the queen back down to the brood box? She must has been on the QE on the last inspection and i must have...
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    The June gap

    Hi all So I am at a sufficient level of supers on my hives at the moment. I have been reading about the June Gap and I am wondering if I should remove supers in June to extract ready for July and onwards. Or should I leave them? Thanks Nick.
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    How many supers?

    Interesting. I will see how i get on then. Currently both hives have single national brood boxes...
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