Recent content by Phil_Bee

....span off 62 pounds of honey....all with an acceptable 18-20% moisture content Now had a total of 218 pounds (of mostly oilseed rape plus possibly hawthorne) from about 6 or 7 colonies this year. It all came in during a frantic flow during the two warm weeks, a couple of weeks ago...

...Had the same problem! On the assumption that it is the queen, rather than the workers ultimately causing the aggression/defensive problem, I 'newspapered' the supers of the bad hive onto other colonies (thus saving a majority of the bees) then securely strapped the brood box and mesh floor...