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Hi all, I recently have been reading and watching various channels in regards to the Demaree swarm control. I'm going to give it a go this year but one video I watched demonstrated a pre emptive Demaree,which I fully understand the reasoning. have any of you had experience of this snd whst...

Hi all, just to close this off and as an update, I now have purchased 2 packs of apibioxal to use, and will use the Oxyalic for cleaning only, I have learnt a lot from you all and really good discussions thanks again happy new year

Thanks for the replies, I'm totally confused and think I will order apibioxal , guess what I bought isn't approved

Hope you all had a good Christmas, I'm planning to treat my bees some time this week. I bought oxyalic acid from thornes a while ago, attached photo, just checking what I got is correct and how much in grams do I mix with say 500ml of 1:1 fees, as I can't find it anywhere. Any advice would...

Hi all Ease xan you share you advice and experience, I was doing a visual check today and noticed a mistake on my behalf. I under supered a hive in readiness for winter and then the bees went crazy in the ivy so I put a QX on super onbtop on the thought of taking the ivy honey, but then once...

Hi all, I would love to get some of my honey tested to see what plants my bees have forragrd on I'm aware of the national honey testing scheme but are there other testing companies that you are aware of and used, many thanks

Hi all, Just a quick question , as we nearing the end of September, what feed woukd you use on nucs, would you use fondant or heavy syrup Many thanks

Hi all, I'm starting to feed my bees tonight and was wondering does everyone feed during the evening as I have read it reduces ribbing or if you have a large number of hives , do you feed during the day , love to hear when you feed

Thank you what's the absolute maximum percentage that can be used , thank you

Similar here, after 3 days it's down to 18.2%

Thank you, do you take the bucket lid off fully or leave slightly open,

Hi all Im after a bit of advise, I have finished my extraction this year and got the results back from the honey monitoring scheme, they have stated the sample sent is 21%, my hygrometer showed at the time was 17.5% Is there any tips on how to reduce tge moisture content of the honey in the...

Hi all, when the flow co es to a end do your bees get really grumpy, one of my colonies went crazy today I was covered in bees.

Hi all, I noticed yesterday that I have a cluster under on if my nucs, thus nuc is hopelessly queenless and having a mated queen introduced Friday. Is it boarding, I have put a super on to give extra space as there are 5 seams of bees.

Hi all, i have few nucs which I'm going to over winter on inspection I noticed they are getting a little light, I really don't want to use syrup, as its the month of wasps, I'm thinking if feeding fondant, has any one else had experience of doing this and reducing robbing by wasps. Cheers Paul

Hi all just a quick question, are fellow beekeepers still doing weekly inspections at the moment or are you leaving it longer .

Hi all Where is the best and most reasonably priced place to get frame spares, I'm after a number if top and bottom bars. Thank you

Hi all, Quick question what castallation spacing do you use for cut combe 11 or 10 Thank you

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Hi all, I have got two grumpy colonies, and 3 weeks ago introduced a buckfast queen from one of the main suppliers, on inspection today, the new queen is laying well but still really grumpy and fast on the comb when should I start noticing a difference will it be after the 6 week cycle, has...