Recent content by rowbow

Bad bee's As to the nasty bee's, they do say that a second mating of a inseminated queen colonys can be nasty. As far as smoker fuel goes, I use rotten oak, dry lavender cuttings and or dry bay leaves, works for me

If you leave as brood and a half, fit the same amount of frames in as the brood box. rowbow

Costco sell 15 1kg bags at £8.25p John

QE cleaning Scrape off as much as possible wire brush,then use gas torch bugs dead wax fills gaps in in frame and protects wood. John

Have you tried Turps/white spirits then wash. John

Hole closed I use glass crown boards the hole is covered with a piece of glass, if you put a wire mesh over the hole they gum it up, The hives are on mesh floors so they don't want a through draft. John

Not the best of flavours, but smells OK, but you can not guarantee it's 100% dandelion. John

Its the right time of the year for dandelion's, foul smelling nectar, once it becomes mature it stop smelling, take a frame out and smell the stores, hopefully that's the problem. Regards John

Vaseline will not run out, clean out after every session. John

It could be problems with wax glands? John

She mite not have been fully mated it happens a lot if the weather is bad. John http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/images/smilies/BEE-SMILLIE.gif

Try using manipulation cloths keeps them a calmer. John

Could it be the ABC and XYZ of bee culture AI and ER Root 1929. John

learn by your mistakes, improve on your next batch, save your money for the bits you can not make, good job. John

bees did not read all of the books.? John