Recent content by Stevesbees

Great thanks. I have accurate digital scales (also borrowed from work) so will do with due care and accuracy. Only have one small hive this season. Have a great Christmas all!

Just wondering what is the best concentration to make up the oxalic acid. I have read different things online suggesting making it up 3% and then dissolving that in sugar syrup. Am going for that treatment as can order the solid cheap through work! Cheers Steve

Yes dishmop I was thinking that too!!:smilielol5::smilielol5:

Thanks folks will check them tomorrow. No signs of robbing from wasps or other bees but will check again. Wondered if they had built up so much brood quickly and July and August when weather lovely and then weather in Scotland really turned cold and wet so was not seeing much activity around...

So my nuc that I got mid July has done well and built up nicely. Felt we were checking too often and annoying bees during the summer so have left for a few weeks and looked to discover outside 2 frames completely empty, all the capped honey was gone..... Panic.... Fed then about 3L which went in...

Great thanks for photo! Have reassured me that they are doing ok! Only a few outside this morning on quick inspection.

I have 6 frames of brood 2 of honey and 1 which I just put in yesterday. There was about a cluster of 50 or so bees outside. I removed the wild comb, left it by the hive and they had all left it and returned to hive last night. So I have removed the comb completely.

Hi my nuc has filled up nicely and after removing wild comb I have added final frame into my brood box so ready to add super. Had a quick look today but there are loads of bees outside on one side. I have removed all comb from inside hive so dont think entrance is blocked. Should I just add...

Thank you, yes it was in the brood chamber just got my nuc from a friend so building it up but at a very fast rate! So removed insulating block and added frame and bees have produced comb in the space where the insulating block was. Brood chamber now full and ready to add super now! Will attempt...

Hi, Am new to bee keeping. Over the last few days we were away so I removed the insulating bock I had and in my absence the bees have made lots of their own comb. I have now put in another frame in the space but don't know what to do with comb. I did attempt to put it in an empty super but they...

Hello, got our first hive and bees are settling in well to sunny Scotland. Thought I would say hi as thinking we may need advice in the near future! Steve