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Hi, I had got 2 hives requeened successfully and 2 swarms collected in late April now established in 2 more full hives making a total of 4 hives. For the hives from swarms, the brood box's frames are doing very well now but I currently have no super frames with foundations drawn. The idea is...

Hi Dani thanks for the advice above and pardon my ignorance. It's good to know 😁

I had the same problem thinking I had a laying worker colony in a nuc. I consulted my mentor and was told to cut losses and chuck out this colony. I was halfway uniting 2 nucs (newspaper only had a very small hole so I thought not many bees had moved in between) and discovered this laying...

Hi Eric, when you say "do just that", do you mean intro the new mated queen in the hive anyway? I'd try inspect and look for the old queen this weekend first, if I find her and remove her, at least I know the course is clear. My worry is I don't find her. If she's dead then it's good news, if...

Yeah that's what I read that if QC are found it's too late to demaree. should have learnt to read the signs of hive getting full and performed demaree earlier. When you say 3 weeks, is that 3 weeks after new queen hatched or 3 weeks from first sight of queen cell. (latter is 16 days from egg to...

i did the same thing too, 2 swarms in my allotment days from one another. so poured them into a brood box, and let them sort themselves out. added a super with QE at the top, so they can make some honey when the flow comes.

Hi guys.. need some help here.. 2 weeks ago, on 14th of May i inspected one of my hives, performed a demaree swarm control on the hive, and i noticed declining eggs (lots of empty cells in frames) in the bottom brood box where queen was present. The queen was found, so whilst working on the...

i made some 6 frame nucs over xmas break in prep for this year's (2020) swarming season. With the thought that i can stack 2x nuc brood boxes on one another and it will be a 12 frame "double nuc brood" hive, if i run out of space to house too many bees in my allotment...

the one i am using borrowed from work is a FLIR E5.. i had tried researching to patch firmware to the E8, but most forums seem to have instructions from E4 to E8. have you got any experience patching Flir firmwares or know anyone who had done it before? i asked my work and they say go ahead if...

Yeah seed tray over the nuc roof is just the walls don't get wet. I just prefer abit of overhang so water don't get on the walls of the wood. The top nuc brood box also was just knocked out from old chipboard from a cupboard door, so not the best wood but I need a 2nd nuc brood box so built it...

Hi, i have a thermal camera at work which i borrow over weekends to check on the bees to see if they are still alive. this is last week's observations. i showed this to my local beekeeping association and they are also not toying with the idea to get one as its useful to also help monitor...

i'm gonna insulate my hives this weekend with the celotex inside the roof, i found a slab of 100mm in the neighbourhood skips, may be too thick lol.. i do have some 25 and 50 around i just have to dig around my garage

whats with the door mat?

Ah thanks everyone for all the advice. Yeah I heard about the condensation on sides being a good thing too as bees uses the water. Ok just before I cut up some celotex and put over the crown board, just wanna check with my setup to see if it's suitable. I run a single national brood box of...

Hi Dani, quick newbie question whilst on this topic, is there a reason why we need to remove the entrance block when fitting the mouseguard? As I have the same thoughts as malgreen, won't it create a bigger opening unnessarily in depths of winter instead of keeping the entrance small?

OK if I am understanding this correctly we can celotex the side walls but leave half in gap b/t exterior wall and celotex. And roof put a celotex on the flat roof right on the outside. Gotcha.

i bought the Urbanshawk 3 layered mesh suit too for £40 at the recent National Honey Show, i hope my days sweating in the summer heat when inspecting is a thing of the past? i think for the quality its a steal, i checked other stalls at the show and they are like £90/£120. only downside they...

Ahh, thanks everyone for the quick response! lots to learn! i have got all wooden nationals now as they are very competitove being seconds quality from the honey shows (only £12.50). regarding overwintering, and poly hives, i sorta prefer the natural product of timber instead of poly if i can...

Hi All, new here, and also a new beekeeper(started this year June) hence prob have some silly questions so hope you guys don’t mind. I have made up about 20 to 30 super frames earlier this season in prep for use during the honey flow but unfortunately as I only acquired my swarmed colonies ( I...

i did the maths, Cost of: DIY super = £8 in materials DIY brood = £10 in materials The above involves going to timberyard (not B&Q, Wickes etc because the material cost more!) to get untreated furniture pine boards 20mm thick, butt jointed design, & have to spend the time in the workshop...