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What's the rush they ain't going anywhere until the first queen emerges. What had happened to the queen cell you left ? It fits in well with the 7 day inspection plan which is why I like it and it doesn't impact the honey crop too much.

Kids used to to see if you like butter.

The courts will sort it out. Pointless bickering on here about it nothing will be achieved. The importation of queens in relatively unaffected and that is all most are bothered about. If Brexit hadn't happened this topic wouldn't even be being discussed and unrestricted imports would carry on...

Packages don't normally have drones. I understand your anger though.

It's very very rare bees take the trouble to cap an empty cell during swarm season. I can't see through brood or honey cappings either.

They're up a tree.

No Idea. He's been crafty with the wording. Buckfast Package of Bees with mated Queen in a Nuc Box, available from May 5th* [FULL PAYMENT] The price was £190 it's now £183.

Nuc method works perfectly well BUT you only leave 1 cell, open or sealed it matters not. You have to shake all the bees off the frames to find all the cells, miss one and you've ballsed it up. Only merit to leaving an open cell is more time to get back and remove other cells.

Go and look at BE website. All queen orders etc are being referred to the new NI company. I was talking to a guy that had ordered 25 queens, he was gutted when I told him they are rubbish and will be gone by summerThey don't overwinter well either not like buckfast from UK or Denmark. You can't...

Advertising nucs from NI company now. Packages will be imported into NI then put into boxes to make nucs.

He sells beekeeping equipment. He also wants to import packages through NI. Shrewd move.

An extension lead. Inverter fitted to both bee vehicles and I can drive up to most of the apiaries.

If cappings touch the honey then it can have some effect on the water content of the stored honey. You'll see it weeping from the stored cells. Bee in damp climates like AMM have domed cappings and leave an air gap between the cappings and honey to stop this happening. Clever little buggers...

No Idea but they do. They build up like no tomorrow though. Only thing I could think of was it didn't allow the typical round brood nest. Tried supers on them and the were ignored. I cut the feeder out of paynes poly nucs and made them 8 frame added an extra brood body for the 16 frames. Tried...

Tried it and wow it is total bollocks, bees in a nuc swarm. Doesn't matter if it's a 16 frame nuc they swarm. You'll make jack all honey and be up a tree for months. Stick them in a 12 frame box and make some honey.

Valid point. it can work well. I ran out of supers last year and had to use brood boxes, no fun lifting them when up a stepladder. Sometimes multiple supers on a hive may not be capped though. For me removing only a few supers isn't practical. The extractor holds 60 frames and the sump about...

If you go looking for problems in a hive you'll be sure to find some. (can't) (won't ) If you canner keep bees in a box you wunner put honey in a jar. I remember someone going on about queen rearing years ago, doing the usual making it out be be...

Leicestershire border with Derbyshire.

No home raised Buckfast queens and they are still alive.:oops:

Looks like fondant, pollen, bee ****, wax and varroa. Picture is a bit crappy quality for zooming in. And some condensation.