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Well after checking my hive today i have found a handful of queen cups and one capped true queen cell with 4 guard bees watching it. The cell is dark so i guess it cant be far off hatching now ? This hive is still busy so looks normal but there is no queen as there an no eggs in it. I have...

Alright got a swarm sunday now being 4 days on they have filled one frame with wax and started on another and she has started laying around 80-100 eggs :cheers2: I have been feeding them golden surup what you get from the shop, as i have been waiting on an order came today lucky. But the golden...

1 step ahead had a wbc hive built yesterday lucky for me. Tho i have carnolian bees these`s are darker with light and dark bands, so iam guessing these are british ?

A mate from across town asked if i could come over as he couldnt see his greenhouse. Didnt take me 30mins to get them just found the qween, picked her up and in the boxs she went and they all followed.

I been stung though them so i beg to differ

ha ha :)

I had this prob for a week they wouldnt draw out my super which was new and they where busting the brood box with bees and hunny. Removed the QX for 24-36hours and then when back to see they where drawing 3 frames so i just refitted the QX with the queen in the brood box. I was told that they...

Thanks :)

Thanks for the info :cheers2: Whats consedered to be a problem with varroa mites ? I did checked the slide out the bottom of my hive and funnd 1 male and 2 females on there. So i then cleaned the slide, then refitted it back into the hive. Then dusted 100g of iceing sugger over the hive they...

looks good :)

Thanks for the reply Its been about 3 days or so since i last wipe the tray clean. Just iceing sugger ?

Hello. Had my hive about 4weeks or so now and they are going though rapid build up at the moment and pulling the suppers out. I supose they have filled 6 frames give or take with brood and the other have 50/50 hunny there ish. My problem is i pulled the bottom of my floor out on my WBC hive...