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No cells emerged, I only took the eggs on monday. So the answer is unite but only after 1. Tearing down all the cells already made and 2. Making sure they're hopelessly queenless thereafter? I may wait 2 or 3 days before I go back in, better to only do it once and then get them all at the same...

Hello everyone. First inspection of the year on Monday and as I feared one of my two hives was queenless. I'm angry with myself as I then panicked instead of walking away and thinking. I stole a frame of eggs from my other hive and adhered bees and placed that frame in a nuc with frames from the...

Thank you. Yes, I'll wait a little yet and wont put the nucs in place until I'm sure they're good. As long as the premis is sound. Cheers.

Friend with a huge enclosed garden wants bees. No problem. Two hives better than one, she's cool with that. I've got two 14x12s hives. One is slow to build up this year but the other is thriving however a little cold to inspect just yet. I've two nuc boxes ready. My plan. Wait till the busy hive...

Cheers Enrico, as per my reply to JBM. You're both right I feel. Sit tight is what I'll do.

Thanks JBM. I know deep down that's what to do, perhaps just need to hear another experienced beek say it. Cheers

Yeah they do, in fact the quiet one gets fractionally more. A frame of eggs from the busy hive was mt thought. I'm very against this though. I'm just a bit vexed and anxious at my inaction. Although I know that's sometimes the best policy with bees.

I have one hive which is busy bringing in pollen and looks fine. The other is very quiet, just one or two coming and going. I looked at both (through perspex) late last week and they both seemed to be on around 3-4 good seams and shortly after I took off the roof they swelled to the top of the...

I have to concede that I'm not unhappy that OSR is declining as im too inexperienced to deal with it and im not into having lots of honey, not a driver for me. Comb honey however is something im very keen on producing. Can I ask you for any tips

Around May. Thanks for the advice beeks.

Hi Drex, yes, a new shiny hive with six frames of brood, dummied down to let them expand gradually which is why I expect them to store OSR in the brood frames (so not good). Should I consider leaving them at six frames in the brood and super on top to encourage the storage up above in the super?

Your advice please beeks: A person I know wishes to have a couple of hives situated in her garden which is great, however she is in an area of OSR and I've never dealt with that before. I know that I shouldn't leave it in the supers long as it will hardened. Now, that's all very well for supers...

Thanks for the heads up. I've got horsley and snelgrove boards too and have to make up my mind which to use. I hope I don't fall between '3' stools. Cheers

Please excuse my ignorance but I have a rookie question on this topic. I have 14x12s and was thinking of doing demaree next season on them but recently I've got the impression that it doesn't suit my brood boxes. Am I imagining this or is it an issue. Thanks for your advice.

Ahhhh! Valid point.

Thank you for reassuring me Ian. Yes the brood is all to the front and thought it odd that they're not utilising the box evenly. Would have expected it to be central or to the rear away from the front, and yes, warm way. Thanks again.

Can you good people help me. My hives seem to be ok, both q+ and bees seem healthy, bringing in lots of pollen and finished feeding them up. Closed the hives up. However the last couple of times I've noticed that they seem to be using only the front half of the hives. There's a few patrolling...

Thank you Bobba. My two hives are strong with this years queens which I bred myself so I'm confident they will be make it although I understand it's never a given. Once I caught the swarm, my first btw, I thought I'd done well and housed them quite the thing. I didnt panic but observed as you...

Millet. As I put on my original post. I had a queen arranged and was merely awaiting it being ready. Therefore I knocked down the cells to inhibit their own queen running about the hive. That arrangement fell through due to delays on getting her mated so I decided not to wait any longer and...

The other thing is royal jelly. Or lack of. They would have been many older bees so not enough jelly producing bees perhaps? This may mean that the cells are rubbish due to this?