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I usually grow from seed in individual cells putting two seeds in each to guarantee germination. The difference in these and letting them self seed it is that mine grow absolutely huge!! I have to stake them up.

Caught a swarm in my apiary this evening. 2m away from the hives in a bay hedge. One of the hives has been all over the shop this year, lost a bought queen, put on a test frame and let them get on with it. The queen cells looked weak, I didn't think they would be viable, hence the swarm, found...

Same here two new queens for different hives disappeared!!!

Congratulations your honey looks amazing.

Are you going to treat them?

Chatting to a seasoned Beekeeper recently and he told me that if the honey isn't being taken up into the supers to remove the queen excluder!!!! He has never used them, what happens if the queen lays amongst the honey. Do you wait for the brood to emerge then extract? Just wondering if anyone...

Glorious day for an inspection. Used our neck fans, brilliant!!!! Put a test frame in one of our qless hives but they have drawn really puny cells, I don't think they are viable. Found a mated home grown queen in the colony that we added a bought queen, now we know why they killed her. We...

Miserable swarm collection today, we and they were soaking wet. Said they'd been there since sat and a huge cohort has moved on. In the nuc box in the greenhouse at the moment, used Calpol syringe and squirted some sugar solution through the holes in the side. Can hear them roaring as I walk...

I don't normally wear the gauntlets but I was unsure if the temperament and have had one nasty reaction so I little bit wary of colonies I don't know. However this swarm was lovely and there was no need for them really.

Picked up a beautiful primary swarm this evening, lovely temperament. Wish I could have kept them!!

Ours are at the bottom of the garden with neighbours either side so it's vital we keep on top of the temperament. Only one of the five colonies is home grown and that was an oversight on our behalf as we introduced a bought queen but we must have missed the cell,£50 down the drain, however she's...

I've just requeened a very challenging colony and have already started to see the change in temperament!!!

Haven't seen a wasp yet or hornet!!!

Queen arrived in the post this morning, but cold, raining and windy hoping for better weather tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!

They must have found something tasty!!

I think so, disappointing though, but I have a queenless hive with a test frame in so I may pop her in there and see what they think of her!!!

Why would one of my colonies want to supercede a new queen so quickly after being introduced? Clipped her today. Eggs but not an abundance!!!!!

Going to do a split with the queen and requeen those that are left

That's really interesting

Will do a split