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Hi all, We have 2 hives of our own plus 2 hives belonging to my Father all currently at my Fathers apiary. We have nearly finished building our apiary in our garden so will be moving the hives both ours and my dads to us. Should we move each hive individually, say 1 day apart or can we move...

How do you use the fume board and what fumigant do you use. Thanks

We have been thinking and wondered what size hole would be best in the adapter board one in the middle say 3" in diamiter or expose the whole of the bottom of the top brood box. Thanks again for all your advice

Thanks for all replies. Will probably go for the board conversion as we have already considered that method. I accept the point about leaving it till the spring, tho' we are hoping to build all 4 colonies up to 2 brood boxes over the winter as advised by our Mentors at Blackhorse. With regard...

Thanks Swarm for your quick reply. I hadn't thought of doing that. My partner had thought of adding a National brood box with a temporary adapter so the bees can over winter with 2 brood boxs. Then in the spring when thye Queen is in the National box, remove the Langstroth box. Or is my other...

Hi, My partner and myself along with my father are newby bee keepers. In my Fathers eagerness he bought a Langstroth as his first hive, he then realized most people in our area use Nationals, so his second hive is a national as are our 2 hives. The Langstroth is proving rather awkward to manage...