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Hahaha Why would you even assume this? Bad guess try again.

Why not try both? 1kg of each on top of brood box. Seems others have had similar experiences when using it. https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=36062

I put Candipolline and Fondant in for my beehive a few weeks ago Candipolline is nearly gone and Fondant not been touched yet! They seem to love the stuff.

Ordered one tonight and it might be overkill for my needs as I only have one beehive down the bottom of the garden and have been using a cheap £10 smock thus far without any issues and sometimes don't even need to use that, bees are nice but that could all change.

What's the best veil type to go for on this suit as you get the option of both anybody tried both of them?

Ahh I see thanks.

There is some method in my madness here: Originally it was placed here in Autumn in front of the hive to stop European Hornets hovering under the landing board and taking bees so readily (in which it did at great job of) Now the bees seem to like flying in the cold and rain and obviously being...

Amusing And possibly the last.

I am new so yes definitely fairly enthusiastic atm, as i understand it a natural nest would most likely be thicker and better insulated than my hive and the way I look at it is that I have hopefully aided in some protection from cold wind, rain, woodpeckers and added some insulation to the hive...

2v1 yesterday https://youtu.be/Ct4oaCu5gNo Have noticed the wasps seem less of a threat now it's colder and just trying their luck, occasionally some sneak in past the guards as less bees at the entrance now but are soon ejected and man handled away from the hive.

Okay so I have been reading this thread as I am trying to get as much knowledge as possible to help my bees through winter. I have used thick plastic greenhouse polycarbonate sheets I had left over from a greenhouse build doubled them up and taped together and put round hive secured with...

Any tips for making it go hard or any recipes people can share please

Ahh yes that makes sense I was late with the treatment and moved from nuc to hive quite late on in the year so I still needed to feed them to get stores up so did both together, have read others have done this also but I guess it depends on the bees and other factors and this outcome is always a...

They haven't built up the outside frames in broodbox thou? At least they hadn't 2 weeks ago when I checked last and they also did this before when there were frames available in brood box.

Added the bee escape (pic below) presume this is on right ? Smoke out as many bees as possible but there absolutely loads between the frames which I wasn't expecting. Also I am sure someone said bees wouldn't or shouldn't build comb in a 20mm eke space? Unfortunately it looks like they have...

Thank you! Might give it a go then when/if the bees clear out the super.

OK thanks for all the advice guys I have taken it all onboard and will be attempting to get the porter bee thingy in there today/tomorrow to hopefully clear the bees out. How long does this take roughly and do they actually work never used one before? jenkinsbrynmair - Ideally I could nadir...

I have a super on which I am using mainly to feed the bees in, I have a small hole the crown board that allows a few bees thru into the super at a time. I have two frames in there which the bees have still not taken down and today i went into fill their feeder and saw they have started to build...

Had wasps around the hive all day for the last 2 weeks the bees have started to to get very aggressive towards them and started to kill them, where as before they weren't. I am now seeing dead or dying wasps out the front of hive and lots of fights and what looks like some wasps desperate to get...

Thanks for pointing out the error, bees it is from now on.