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We have our bees at bottom of garden at the other end we back on to a foot path. 250 meters down theres a few hives in someones garden. Got talking to them returning from a dog walk. They havent touched their bees or treated for over 2 years.. all i can comment is my hives are full and bursting...

Thanks PH. I thought they were strong last year, that wad clearly my ignorance, this year is something else entirely. I now understand when ive read people cautioning new beeks on what a strong hive actually is.

Welcome, i started 3 years ago so still learning. I am in Blandford so if you want to have a look inside a hive and see how you feel surrounded by bees before making any significant purchased PM me you'd be welcome.

Point taken gratefully PH, will they be ok if left as they are or would you recommend me altering configuration to your suggestion. There are so many bees, literally bursting, masses flying, orientating, just a huge amount daily, i realize now what bursting or a full healthy hive is !

Forgot to say i have popped dummies in at each end too so i can run 10 frames in each brood box. If anyone was wondering going from 12 to 10 in each box.

Hello all. First can i say a huge thankyou to Peter L and the beautiful queens i got from him last season. I have been extremely busy and not able to to do full inspection till today. Both buckfast hives are bursting. 2 full frames each end of stores and 8 full frames of bias with very little...

Thanks all for your replies. Im in no rush to inspect. They look to be doing fine. I shall remove the brace and give them more fondant.

Hi all, i opened up the tops of my hives today to replace some fondant. Very busy flyers orientating and bringing pollen in observed. When feeding fondant, on top of crown board ,i have ekes made up to the depth of a tub of fondant, to fill the empty space around the tubs i have insulation cut...

Thanks for the replys. Im going to get on and trickle i know i eont get them all but dome while brood area is at its smallest is better than none.

And yes its definetly brood (darker) cappings im seeing as honey cappings are also there but much lighter and mostly on outer frames

2 of my hives have not gone broodless yet. Ive been checking since beginning of december with observation boards in and im still getting capping on it. Its warm down south snd my bees have been flying most days, would that affect the queen not going off lay? I thought it was day length that...

Thanks deeman. Its all you could have done for them and certainly have a better chance than the predicament they were found in. Lets us know how you get on please.

Yesi have thought of all these points. I guess im double guessing as this strange summers weather had my bees back filling the brood box tillthey had no room for brood and largely ignored the super on top. Perhaps my bees need to read tom sealy.

Im in the same position as you simon. Being in south its warm. Bees are prolific foraging at the moment. I had put supers under my hives for bee space but am worrying that the way they are bringing it in at the moment they will be using the brood space for filling instead. Just been out on a...

I havent seen one drone in any of my hives for at least 8 weeks.

Can i ask for learning purposes, this late in season were they put into drawn frames? Or Did you cut out their comb and transfer? If they went into nucs to collect them and then put into hive will they have enough brood and stores for winter? Can a colony start from scratch this time of year?

Jenkins my bees have an entire super of space to store in. I put one on for extra room some drawn some foundation. Theyve ignored it and filled the eke space.

I just took my last apiguard tray off one hive. I had used all my single bee space ekes so used one thats about 3" deep that i had spare. Well what a mess i found. Comb nearly everywhere across the whole area filled with syrup. Arrgh! As im down south and temps are still warmish i decided to...

My nuc had got more aggressive the more established they got so i requeened earlier in the year. My two placid buckfast hives have got a tab more snippity when ive been going up to top up feed. Im happy that its because theyre protecting their stores and will not be like this in spring.

I got it nightshade. Its a 21st century tslent deciphering tx speak. Lol. We started last year in aug also. In one hive My brood area had increased at last inspection two weeks ago from 5 to 7 frames so who knows whats going on in there now. Guess they finally got going! I dhsll feed till they...