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Can't believe we have had 250 227g jars of honey all told.. did not expect that this year.

You're right I'm going to look back at the notes to see when we requeened.

Treating with apiguard so had to remove the supers, incredible amount of honey in the brood could be because they are on double. Have weighed them and given a little feed to one will keep a close eye until the ivy flow

Removed supers ,apiguard on all five hives. The requeened hive still very grumpy. Huge colony!!!! husband took quite a few stings, have to check the date when we requeened as I would have thought the temperament would have been better by now. Kitchen absolutely full of frames, empty and capped...

Thank you for the advice I will do that

It's the cast swarm we've recently put into a hive, don't think they like their new home!!! Found the marked queen amongst the bees so put her on a clip and back in the hive in the clip until I decide what action to take, any ideas?

What's going on with this flipping hive!!

In the process of looking. Main shed has a clear sheeting ( don't know what it's called) any frames left in there melt. The garage is not big enough as my husband is a potter, housing a wheel and a kiln. We have a small freezer for the frames then supers and deeps all over the place. Quandary do...

Fab advise will ditch the brush!!!

Looking for a brush that doesn't moult

Bought four brushes to use when extracting to brush off the bees, the hairs fall out by the dozen, im not sure if it's because they are cheap or just badly made. When I wash them they get worse. Any makes you recommend?

Same thing happened again today, huge cloud of bees in the air then descended on the nuc. Going to transfer them into a brood box!!

Had a peek inside the hives but nothing untoward. Reduced a hive down to one brood from two as they've been messing about with raising a queen for a few months so the colony has depleted. Removed a few dry supers. Gave a feed to the nuc. Should have some more honey. Going to remove all supers on...

Don't know what happened today, mass of bees in the air, thought god they are swarming, settled after a while on the front of a nuc box which has a cast swarm inside with their own queen. A lot of bees then appeared under two of the hives, after the cloud of bees settled, they all seemed to have...

Out in force in Tenby

Quite a few at our apiary this week!!

Quite a few wasps flying around the hives attacking bees that are on the ground, could be drips of honey from removing the supers that has attracted them!!!

🤣 No glasses?!

Full inspection yesterday. All looking really good. One of the colonies on a double brood and two supers absolutely packed, I don't think we've had a colony so big. The hive which we left to their own devices after killing a bought queen which we put a test frame in and they raised quite a few...

Ignore my message for some reason thought you were talking about borage. I did sow phacelia in my wildlife border but for the last two years it's pathetic!!!!