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All hive’s got another feed today before the bad weather hits as it might be quite a few days before I can get in them again.

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Beautiful rainbow 🌈 over the beehives this morning. The calm before storm Agnes hits us.

Great, thanks for your prompt reply.

I’m planning to purchase some Dipel to protect my stored shallow frames. Just wanted to be sure that I’m purchasing the correct product. Does this look like the type others are using?

Still phacelia, goldenrod and borage, along with garden flowers to forage. Ivy still not flowering yet.

I was surprised to see a mite when I viewed the photo, if I had not been taking a picture of the Queen I would have been oblivious to any varroa. The December series of OA vaps did not produce a large mite drop with no mites on the board after the final vape. If this is possibly just the tip of...

That’s great, thank you very much for your valuable advice. It’s really good to have experienced beekeepers such as yourself who are generous with sharing their knowledge and experience 👍

Thank you for your advice. I do have a Varrox vaporiser so could give them 1 treatment of OA. I hadn’t realised I was being over zealous with the December treatments 😬 think I was just trying to use belt and braces to ensure the bee’s went into winter as mite free as possible, as I only had 1...

I made up a nuc 4 weeks ago from a split from one of my hives and a bought them a beautiful Buckfast Queen from BMH. They have accepted her and are building nicely. I took a picture of her on my last inspection (see below) she looked great but I was shocked 😳 to see a varroa mite on one of the...

How right you are 🫣, but I will stand firm and resist lifting the lid. The colony seem very calm so I hope that is a good sign that all is going well inside the hive 🤞

That’s reassuring to hear 🤞

If 4 weeks from emergence gives her a better chance to get mated and established her laying I will go with that. My worry is that if the re queening has failed would there be a risk of laying workers? or would there still be time to buy and introduce a laying Queen? I have purchased and...

Great, thanks for your advice. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for another week :)

One of my hives, following a swarm prevention split, had 2 Queen cells which were due to emerge 2 weeks ago, checked 2 days before emergence date and all looked well, although after reading some posts on here I now wish I had just left one cell. When should I inspect the hive?

Thanks for your reply especially at a time when you must be really busy with your move. Hope everything goes smoothly with your relocation. 👍

Can you post a picture please, how do you stabilise the OA container end and stop it falling onto the frame’s?

So very sad 😢. Meant to use this emoji above, not the like one, but couldn’t select it. Sorry

Really, fyi I didn’t choose to mix wood with poly. I was simply trying to assist the OP having watched the BMH review illustrated on the Abelo site which demonstrated that there was compatibility between the boxes of the 12 frame national poly hive and wooden national boxes. Did you watch the...