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More often they make these hives out of tree bark - it's lighter and more manageable No, the bees attach the comb to the 'hive' walls. to harvest the honey they go in and rip the comb out which usually causes the bees to abscond

Definitely - sounds like you have let your varroa levels get to a critical level they may have reached a tipping point, but the only chance of recovery is to treat treat and feed, hope for the best No - they are suffering from varoosis. I also suspect, reading between the lines that some may...

another glorious day today so, after moving a half palletful of jars from my friend's animal feed stores to my own bee shed, I nipped up the range and removed all the feeders and checked all the hives were strapped down, probably be Christmas by the time I'm up there next and hopefully there...

he p!sses on them around here

no, certainly not

In my view it's one of the worst - certainly the last one that springs to mind when asked for recommendations.

bar stool in the workshop?

That's rubbish and just the same old story regurgutated from one generation to the next of the non thinking. Close all the holes off in the crown board (unless feeding) then put a slab of 50mm kingspan on the crownboard - or even better, stick it permanently in the hive roof after closing the...

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so we can add the 'UK' and the US to the list then

this one

Winter preparations should start in late September/early October when Varroa treatments should be well underway if not (in the case Apiguard) nearing completion. I feed during treatment so that I can top up feeders and treat in one visit. the beginning of treatment should also signal an end to...

not really, if it was done earlier (at least a month and a half ago) they would have had a chance to rearrange all the stores which you have just messed about, although that is a big ask with a whole super full. Doing it at this time of the year is just going to end up with the stores being...

sorry, can you explain? but they don't need to be fed - and feeding in dribs and drabs is never the answer anyway they have got food - a whole shallow full plus what they will have stashe behind and to each side of the brood cluster They won't be needing that for a long time - if at all!

if the supers are full they don't need feeding, just remove the queen excluders and leave them in the current configuration.

have you been feeding up until now? are the supers full of stores? if so they don't need any further feeding. It's also too late to nadir the shallows so just remove the queen excluders and leave the supers where they are. It would also help people trying to give you advice if you updated your...

No. All you can hope for is that they are on a brood break. It's one reason I tell people to not bother inspecting at this time of year, all it does is spark panic and cause worry over the winter. Either she is on a brood break, or the queen is gone, nothing you can do to change anything so just...

I'll always say Digges as it was the first beekeeping book (given to me by my grandfather when I was nine) I read, and when you look at the times the book was reprinted from 1902 until 2002, it tells you a thing or two. Manley, Snelgrove, then later, Hooper and de Bruin are must reads IMHO. I...

tells you a thing or two

Cramp is definitely not the first author I would jump to in a tight spot