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The honey in the first super is almost fully capped now. The second is filling up well and the third is already in use. The queen still seems to be laying at full speed. I had read that she should be slowing down by now so that the hive doesn't have too many bees going into winter but she seems...

I'm using Modern Beekeeping poly langstroth hives and they are very sturdy and easy to handle.

My new hobby is starting to test my energy reserves thanks to the heavy supers full of honey. I have M.E. (Chronic Fatigue) and while I still have a surprising amount of strength in my muscles I have very little endurance. Since I am only going to be inspecting the hive every few weeks now I can...

So far I haven't had an issue with propolis getting on my hands. I'm not sure if it is the young age of the colony or the construction of the thin plastic ridge that the frames in my hive rest on which means they don't put propolis where I pick the frames up. But if I do start getting it I'll...

The first super I put on the hive is heavy enough that it must be almost full of honey. I stuck another on a couple of days ago and that already has lots of bees in it drawing out the comb. The brood box is still pretty messy with some frames solid with brood and others a mix of honey, pollen...

We did a hive inspection later in the day today and found loads of bees. Part of that is due to up to 14,000 more bees having been born since last week, but there will also be more because there won't be as many out harvesting nectar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cHlgbF-deQ

We inspected the hive during the day when there were a lot of bees flying around. That wasn't an issue though as they are very well behaved, so well behaved that my nephew felt comfortable standing in the middle of them without a veil. :p The hive is still expanding fast with more and more bees...

The queen lays constantly so unless they have a behavior which makes them want to go out as a group they should go out spread out unless weather stops them but that hasn't been the case in this instance. It's certainly possible that this is the case. Out of interest is this a commonly...

Do they usually do that all at the same time though? The weather has been good both all today as well as yesterday, however suddenly at 4pm loads just decided to pile out and do whatever business they had. :p

For most of the day the hive activity is fairly uniform with bees coming and going depending on the weather. However some days, for a period of time, a lot bees pour out of the hive and fly around. There are quite a few doing circles up and around the hive, which I think are new bees learning...

The bees were their usual laid back selves, so much so I didn't need to use any smoke at all. We saw the bees building up comb and doing wiggle dances but we didn't manage to spot the Queen. I'm not too worried because I saw eggs and young larvae and I didn't spot any queen cells so I think we...

The sun popped out briefly today so I did a quick inspection using my new camcorder. The hive is doing great, a lot of bees have emerged from their cells and new eggs have been laid in many of them. We managed to get some nice close ups of the eggs and larvae. I made a couple of butterfinged...

Just did an inspection to find that the Queen has been very busy! It's been 19 days since the Queen was released from her cage and there is already a load of sealed brood. Unfortunately the camera had a little trouble with the light this time, next video will be much better though. :D...

That's a good idea. Even though this project shouldn't cost that much it would still cost more then I would wish to write off on a failed experiment. ;)

So you also believe that bees would bump into UV coated glass. Why do you believe they would do this when they can clearly see UV and so the glass should be a solid block of colour to them? I am perfectly willing to state that I am not totally sure it would work either, though I don't see why it...

Why would my neighbours be p!55ed off? And since you say the bees will be dazed could you explain why you think the UV paint/film over the glass wouldn't work?

Nope, I want, and already have, bees in the garden full stop. I do however also want to make the best use of the garden too and, if this plan works, this would be great for that. With regards to bumping; shouldn't this be solved, if it is an issue, by applying clear UV paint/film to the glass or...

Bumping into it is a concern. The question is would the bees be able to memories a path that goes above the glass and then down to their hive. There would be window frames and wooden beams for them to see and remember in the construction which should help. One way around that if they are...

Basically I want very good visibility while watching the bees through the screen, think of it as an observation apiary :D, and for it to look nice too. I thought about the heat but with the glass only 6 or 7 foot tall and with no roof, and it being spacious enough, I can't see the air being...

I have a hive in the back garden and am going to add another two hives to it next year. Since 3 hives is going to mean quite a lot of bees I would like to make them fly up over head height so the rest of the garden can be enjoyed by those who aren't as comfortable with bees as I am. My plan is...