Recent content by Nik Edser

Thanks for this.. no the failed hive has none left so I suspect they ran out of stores. They were a massive colony and had plenty of honey going in to winter. Didn’t touch the fondant at all.

Thankyou for coming back to me

Thankyou.. that was my feeling. Roll on spring!

Checked my hives today 1 has not made it through the winter which is gutting but the other hive is very strong with lots of pollen coming in today. This hive has a super on it which had honey in it which I’m guessing is now empty.. a bit of advice is now needed, do I remove the super as the hive...

Many thanks for the comments… looking forward to extracting my first crop of honey.! great forum…

Thanks wasn’t sure if the bees might start moving the honey down to the brood box given the summer flow is coming to an end?

Quick question.. we have our first super of honey that is 3/4 full. Due to time constraints I can’t extract until next weekend.. if I leave the super on will they start to eat the honey or shall I put the clearer board on and leave the super on til next weekend? can you leave a filled super on...

After 4 years of learning bee keeping with many unsuccessful attempts and hive failures I now have 3 strong hives and 1 is filling our first super up.! Very excited to finally getting some honey out of the bees! It will be the most expensive honey in Kent🤣🤣

Yes no eggs that I can see or Larvae so unsure what’s happened.. I’ll check again in a few days and see if it’s changed.

there are a few dotted drone cells around the edge. Going to check again in a few days and see if there is any change. Lots of pollen in there and honey and a very healthy looking unmarked queen..

Inspected my hive today as the weather is so lovely. First time we have managed to get the bees through a winter so excited to see them so busy in the sunshine, slightly concerned that there is not any capped brood in there.. a few drone cells and that’s all I can see. Found the queen and she is...