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Don’t forget if torching remove runners as little cretins get under them and stay till spring

I lift one side then the other without the roof on by using 2 fingers it’s easier if I can’t lift it it’s heavy enough

I don’t take supers of until about 3rd week in August any uncapped honey goes under brood they will take it up, they don’t normally take it down

Swarms don’t like open mesh floors

Has anybody noticed how short OSR was in flower this year it’s gone over here already

Were are you in Leicestershire ? as I think you need some help if close enough I’ll come and have a look. Will

Fill the nuc with frames of foundation or the bees will fill with brace comb I would check after 3 days then feed if needed, also check if it was a swarm from one of your hives it may not have been

Quite surprised that a professional beekeeper on bbc breakfast this morning would say a way to help bees would be to put out a saucer of sugar water to help warn out bees.

If you don't know what the pollen barrier is then I think you need some help, it's we're the pollen is stored and queen won't normally lay outside it, hence all the brood is in the centre if you move the pollen barrier out one frame then she has room to expand

Check the pollen barrier it may need moving out

I would have left them in a nuc to build up more as there's not a lot of bees, also when inspecting always hold the frame you take out over the hive as HM could fall of into the grass,

I treat mine with Cuprinol green fencing to blend in with hedge and grass but as it's cedar you don't have to treat

That is a good idea, just sent spring watch a message asking them if they could say something about bumbles there habitat and life span

Got a call this morn from a lady saying she had a swarm of bees in a bush in her garden chest hight. It was about ten miles away She rang somebody and they wanted £80 for removing the swarm. I don't charge for removing if I get the bees but if they want to donate something that's up to them. Do...

I got a set of three stainless from bee equipped Derbyshire 25 quid posted