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i have got a colony on my allotment and i have grass deleivered and dropped outside. after it has been there a few days there is a lot of good liquid that oozes from it and have loads of bees around the grass as well as a lot of flies so the grass must have something that the bees like

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i will have to pop in and get some,thanks:)

it should have been full of fruit but this year has been crap for fruit and veg. i have got strawberry plants in the cage and they are due to be replaced so i am thinking of siting 2 or 3 hives in there.

just been to the hospital and the nurse reckons that i have had a reaction. i am sure that i am not alergic as the paing and swelling is confined to my arm and hand. got some anti biotics. she says that my reactions will get worse with each sting but i am going to have to see how i go and see if...

i have got my hive set up on one side of the allotment but am thinking of putting more ina fully enclosed fruit cage. will they fly through or walk through the netting or is it best to let them fly up 6-7 feet and away.obviously i would have to remove the netting on the roof?

got stung last night through my suit.didnt feel too bad. this is the 4th sting i have had so far,the first one swelled up on my ankle the other two were fine but this one i was stung on my right lower arm. my right hand has swelled up and has started to swell my fingers and they look like...

Rab it sounds as if you might have it right,well it sounds good to me anyway.thanks guys for the replies

yes they had a feeder on but it was a very,very small colony. so where would the queen have gone then?

this is going to sound really silly but what exactly do you mean by "robbed"

there is nothing on them. i supppose either way i will have a colony with a queen but which queen will i have is another question,i hope its the marked one that i bought as it cost me some dough.

Hi, a long story but i had two queens, i put one in another hive with a few frames of bees and eggs and then introduced my bought mated queen to the original hive. after a week i have inspected the 2nd hive and all the bees and queen are gone. having looked in the first hive i couldnt see the...

i am on duty and was about to watch the couldron get lit and then got turned out to a job so missed it.thought the rest of it was ok with parts that made me feell proud to be British

Many thanks Rab, your reply is to the point and honest, i understand that i have messed up on several accounts and looking back should have left original cells. i really appreciate the offer of help via inbox and would like to take you up on it.thank you. thank you for also taking the time...

brilliant.nice idea

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ok then just to update on progress up until now. i have inspected the hive last week and there were no cells which i didnt expect there to be and no eggs. i left it another week and then inspected again and still no eggs so i decided to order a new queen. went to introduce the new queen to the...

for godness sake,someone is offering a swarm to help another fellow beekeeper out and all that people want to do is pick fault and preach the law. get a grip will you. if you cant help each other out then what is the point of being on this forum. i am slowly realising that some beekeepers arent...

hi there, i need a mated queen and would like to know if any of the users can recommend any suppliers of good quality queens

are they baby crabs?