Hello
I lost my bees this winter, have 1 nuc on the way as part of the village project but would like my own so that I have 2 hives. I am in the southern Dales but happy to travel.
Thanks
Rachelle
the plan was always to reunite them all back together but we thought we would leave them for a while after they swarmed to see if we could get a newly mated queen but that didn't seem to pan out.
How would i know if i had a DLQ, I assumed it was a laying worker as I hadn't spotted a quuen &...
Just had a quick check & definately got a laying worker so my plan is as follows & I would be really grateful for any advice or comment as I am really new to this
Thanks
hive 1 - prime swarm, old queen still laying aprox 1 frame of brood (capped & lavae)spread over 2 frames small number of...
hi there very new beekeeper here & would be very grateful for some advice.
Got Nuc of bees at end of June from thornes was told was this years queen but she was marked with white dot & had a clipped wing, other 5 nucs in the group weren't marked or clipped.
Seemed to be going along swimmingly...