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I would leave them be and just do a quick look for brood when the strips are due to be removed.

I remember once tasting some honey from an urban setting and telling my wife I would close the apiary and move my bees if that was the stuff they produced.

Turn a clearer board over and put it on top of the stack, mixing supers won't hurt.

As you've endured them until now, I would over winter them and deal with the problem next spring by uniting with one of those nice nus, which will be more established by then.

What a strange bunch we are getting attached to insects, eh? As things stand, because she won't be around next year :( , I will have her daughter in this hive and I already have another daughter in the original hive, currently sitting under six supers ;) Not forgetting .... So three of her...

The filters will need to be replaced, certainly each year.

Some time ago I found a single cell with the Oak tree colony and moved the queen to a new hive. The last time I inspected, I found another single cell so I decided to leave them to it, I hadn't seen the queen but I wasn't concerned as there was BIAS and it was obvious they had decided the old...

Photographic ID, the purpose for intended use and proof of address of company.

I just use single or double DN1's, single for 25mm or double for 50mm. The 25mm and 50mm are kingspan cut to fit in the frames.

OA is not apporoved. That said, is Apibioxal approved to be used this way?

Thanks John, I posted earlier in this thread about APC after having the same problem. It's a pain they accept your payment first and then ask for details, I sourced it elsewhere after arranging a refund.

My bees are in double brood but each box reduced to nine frames by using thick dummy boards, either 25mm or 50mm. %0mm either side allows nine frames to fit snugly so I usually achieve this with one 50mm and two 25mm per box, having two thinner boards makes things easier when inspecting. This...

Abelo sell OA strips, I used them to good effect for years with no other varroa treatment.

Annoying isn't it?

Lovely entourage photo.

Clearer board, supers and flipped clearer board on top, bees can escape top and bottom.

It's a honey bee.

I like his videos and honest approach. In fairness he used dry sugar in an emergency.

I can think of two I've had that were perfect, other beekeeper visitors couldn't believe how calm they were. Two is a very small percentage, mind ;)