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Hi guys, I had a look in one of my hives yesterday and couldnt find the queen. She is marked and the hives not busting at the seams with bees so I should have been able to find her. Not one sealed cell. Ive been worrying about it all night, so Ive had another quick look today. I again could...

Hi guys, this year im taking my hive to winter OSR. can anyone tell me when is the best time to move the hives to their new locations?? is it better to do it now so they get used to their new surroundings or do i wait til its warm enough and they are foraging and beginning to become strong

Hi guys, I do a bit of shooting and have access to a couple of farms. The farmer obviously rotates his crop and last year, he has sown winter rape for this comming year on a field in front of his house. This means that they are les likely to be tampered with or stolen compared to his other...

I too have lost a nuc, the frames look exactly like yours do!!! The white stuff is mold. By the way the frames look, I wouldnt say they had starved, looks more like an inability to keep themselves warm due to lack of numbers which is the reason mine didnt survive. mine was a late swarm...

Thanx Hivemaker, Very informative Im still stuck though lol I dont have the swan neck applicator so will be just using a syringe but Im still not sure how much to dose. The info still says 10-15mls per colony. This solution is still a 3.2% solution with the addition of a few other ingredients...

Hi guys, A friend of mine purchased this product from thornes BienenWohl - 1000ml, regenerates colonies and protects against varroa It states its a 3.2% solution of oxylaic acid. It does not say how to use it but says that only 10-15ml are needed per colony. I was always under the impression...

Hi guys, still vey new to this bee keeping. This is my first winter as a beek and im very nervous about getting my bees through the winter I knocked up a nuc a couple of months ago out of some 18mm ply. I have put a fixed bottom on it and have found that when I was taking the crownboard off...

if anyones interested, i over ordered thymol crytsals from wynnes! I can send you x amount at cost. Also, i bought too much lectin (500g), ill never use it so can supply that too. pm me if interested

That pic make me shudder!! i cant stand them

i wouldnt say tiny casts but enough to over fill a nuc!! im unsure as of yet if they are Q- or not, only time will tell

Thanx for the replies guys, they are much appreciated. I wouldnt have got this far without the help from guys like you on the forum anyway, not sure what it is but ive had 3 calls in the past 2 days regarding swarms. They are not from my hives. I got one from penketh in warrington, and another...

thats not the news i was looking for........ could i not feed them with thymol as in hivemakers recipe??? I picked up a swarm a couple of days ago in a nuc and have been feeding sugar syrup, they have been taking it down by around 500ml per day and have had a litre in total now. They have...

Right I see, problem is that i have recently aquired a swarm (couple of days ago) and also one a few weeks back. I had no drawn foundation frames to give them and have been feeding to help them get started. Obviously they need drawn comb for stores and laying but reading about thymol treatment...

Hi guys, Being a newbie and only having started bee keeping at the beginning of this year, Im unsure what i need to be doing now to ensure my bees survive the winter. I have not had any honey off them this year, Ive bascially left them with it as I wanted to help them get off to the best...

Hi guys, I have just collected a good sized swarm from a bush in someones front garden. Shook them directly into a nuc i knocked up and left it the next the the original landing site for them all to make there way in just picked it up now and because its lashed it down with rain, every single...

Hi guys, To try cut a long story short, I captured 2 swarms a few weeks back. i have put each swarm in a bs brood box both swarms where queenless i introduced a mated queen to each and both hives have accepted her both queens are laying well but both swarms have not drawn enough comb out on...

thanx for the reply. I added the new queen in her cage on tuesday, I decided to have a look in the hive yesterday to see how she was doing and also remove the tab on the cage so the workers could begin eating the fondant to help her out. This is when I noticed that the queen cells they built on...

Hi guys, I got a swarm a few weeks ago. cut a long story short i had an idea it was queenless. I introduced a test frame from another hive that consisted of larvae and eggs at various stages. I checked this frame and found they had built queen cells indicating that this hive is surley...

Hi guys, I know i should have done this at the beginning of the year but im looking to buy a bee suit after a bee got inside my vail yesterday and stung me on my neck 3 times!!! i was then promptly chased by others in the group and so i want some proper protection Ive been looking at the full...

thanx for the reply do u still think i have time to let them raise a new queen and push up the numbers in a national brood box so they have the best chance to survive the winter?