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has anyone got study notes they would be willing to sell please

I am confident that the queen is still present, as I said in my post the weather here has been pretty dreadful so she would not have had the opportunity to swarm, also there don't appear to be any loss of bees from what I observed the last time I inspected them which was last sunday' - 10 days...

went to my bees today, the weather here has been awful so I was unable to do a weekly check on sunday, today is first dry day - I had sealed queen cells, at least 8 and several uncapped queen cells I only had 1 and half frames of spare stores which I put into an empty hive with two frames of...

can anyone tell me how many stings a bumblebee can survive from? I had a bumblebee accidently land on my open hive yesterday and was immediately attacked by my bees I knocked her to the floor and brushed off the bees stinging her and she flew away - I just wondered if she could survive this?

really helpful link BeeJayBee thanks, I have been given conflicting opinions on feeding of fondant so this was useful info

Hi Grant, nice to see someone on here who is part of MBKA and knows the area as well, thanks for the advice, being a new beekeeper is a bit like being a first time mum, panic and over worrying about every little thing, I now have four grown up sons so less panic more OMG moments instead lol

Thanks for the helpful advice, there is only one full frame of stores in the second hive but the bees were drawing out another frame yesterday

so will the small colony sizes be up to viable size by autumn if I keep a close eye on their stores and feed as necessary over the next couple of months?

so would you advise combining the colonys to overwinter and if so when should I carry out this procedure? I plan to insulate the hives with kingspan for the winter and maybe also build a shelter over the hives to give added protection from the wind which can be pretty ferocious here

my original nuc of bees on 5 frames which came with a unsealed queen cell swarmed and so I ended up with a 2 frame nuc and the original 5 frame nuc both of which were transferred to national brood boxes with feed being given - a couple of weeks ago there was no brood at all in either hive as the...

my mentor killed the queen cells, I have been following their advice as a new beekeeper, I have approx. 2 1/2 frames of bees in each hive at the moment - this was sold to me as a nucleus with queen cell instead of laying queen so she could be born and mate here on site - there were drones in the...

on may 9th I recieved a nucleus, 5 frame with uncapped queen cell which were placed in a national brood box with syrup given. two weeks later I had a swarm leave the hive and land on the post nearby. we caught these bees and placed them in a nuc box with 2 frames stores and some foundation and...

I am not far - 12 miles outside Bala, I too am new to Beekeeping, I joined MBKA a few months ago and they have been very supportive so I hope you have the same luck in joining a good association near you

thanks for the link, and for your comments, very helpful

has anyone read this book and if so what did they think of it, I am thinking of buying it but would like to know beforehand if anyone can recommend it personally thanks sue