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lidl nail staple gun Hi bought nail/staple gun from lidl yesterday £9.99 nocked up a couple of frames including wax, turned out to be the easiest and neatest frames I have made,also picked up 1000 more nails 15mm from eBay £2.99 should see me through most of the year,best buy I've had in my...

I found doing my frames in shed watching bees flying in and out of hives in spring and summer was most enjoyable, nice big shed window next to hives perfect....;-)

Temperature question is it too cold now to vaporise between 3-7oC over next week??

Great question just looked up the answer would never have guessed .... Every days a school day.

Joined feb 2010 but first year with bees, 3 hives going into winter, 20+ mites on boards in 2 hives after 3 days less than 10 on 3rd, treated with apigaurd sept-oct might have been a bit late and colder to work, thanks for all responses really appreciate the input...

Newbie question, I need to trickle oxalic acid this winter, when's best time to do it considering its still quiet warm for mid December? Should the bees be in a tight cluster before treatment??? Thanks Peter,

Not much at the moment very wet and windy, moved a hive 15 miles into town and it seams to be thriving,

Hi advise please, I found a dozen dead or dying drones on landing board today very cold and wet here, is this normal at this time of year, there was no workers do thinking drones have been kicked out but seams early,???

Collecting pollen ?

Found this in my garden is it a black honey bee there was a few Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

What type of Bee is this Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

Is this a black bee