Recent content by PeterHarris

Hi ... the shop bought hives i have seen are often very poorly put together ( nail gun and too much speed) I'm sure you can do it if you are acurate and respect the bee space!! good luck Peter

Many thanks for all the replies ... Put the suppers under the brood chamber seems to be the consensus ... a new technique for me ... I'll have to google that one ..... About half of the honey in the two suppers is capped but I don't mind giving it to the bees this year....I'll be less...

Hi, as a new beekeeper I have go to to the end of my first season and got my self in a bit of a mess... I Started the year (may) with 5 frames of bees.. At the end of the summer (I’m in the south of France so that means end of September) I removed my first supper of honey and left one supper...