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Cheers - I'll stock it at the beginning of the summer hols and see how long I can keep them in.

Hi all, I have set up a Th***es observation hive in a barn in the garden where I work (Furzey Gardens in the New Forest), where we have some information and displays about bees for our visitors. The hive takes a brood frame and 2 super frames, stacked above each other, with glass each side. I am...

I was hoping to get some Oxalic Acid onto my bees before xmas but haven't had an opportunity yet - is it getting too late? What are the necessary conditions to use this stuff. I had planned to do it this afternoon but they were flying. Also, how does it work? Is it a contact miticide or do the...

Yes there is a risk of pushing them to swarming but as I incorporate in crease into my system that is not an issue. The other way to do it is to run half of your supers as CC. Intermingled with your drawn comb, DC/CC/DC/CC and so on. Hi, for te benefit of a newbeek, could you clarify what...

I've just got a new poly hive - is it too late to rehive one of my colonies or would I be better off waiting until the spring?

Had a look in my hive this afternoon to find plenty of busy bees, stores and pollen, and some sealed drone cells but no sign of a queen, eggs or grubs. I also found 2 queen cells, 1 complete and sealed and 1 half made with a fat grub at the bottom. Do I presume my queen has gone - what do I do...

Thanks for the comments so far. The bees were flying until the middle of the week but have kept there heads down for the last couple of days. I don't what race of bees they are, they were a swarm from this summer. The only other bees I have ever seen in a hive were carniolans, my bees are much...

I'm a newbie this year and have been reading the forum with interest hoping to get some tips. I've done a couple of (stupid?)things recently that I'd like to run past you guys to get an opinion on. 1.After reading the debate on insulation and overwintering I thought I'd try using some old triple...

Just the regular hornet colour we get around here. Completely ignored me.

I read in the paper last saturday that asian hornets were present in southern France and posed a threat to honey bees there. Last month (Aug) I noticed a pair of hornets hovering outside my hive near Southampton. They were catching and killing my bees before carrying them off to eat them on a...