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Thank you for your reply, I am indeed resisting the urge to blindly follow the instructions of others without further research - hence my questions! Very helpful suggestions re reading material and yes I have watched pretty much all the videos from the Norfolk Honey. Company. Best wishes and...

I didn't treat for varroa last year, on the advice of one local beekeeper who runs teaching courses and I spent a day with him last summer; he told me to wait till January to use oxalic acid. But in Jan was too cold and wet to open hive so he told me to do it now. My friend who has never...

Apologies if I am posting this query in the wrong section, I am confused by all the helpful but contradictory advice I am getting from local beekeepers. I. posted before about the fact that a swarm turned up in my brand new hive last June before I had begun any beekeeping. courses so I have had...

Thank you very much. I have now done a half day course but hope to join a more detailed one organised by West Dorset Beekeepers' Association if it is able to go ahead in January. Otherwise most of what I have learned has been from this forum, and my experienced neighbour as well as numerous...

Thank you so much for all your help. I will try that!

Thank you, that is so helpful. I did weigh with luggage scales but wasn't sure I did it right - you lift slightly on both sides and add the two together, is that right? My hive is a WBC one and I don't know what it weighs when empty. Anyway I just tried and failed to lift it from the back with...

Many thanks for your encouragement

Thank you to everybody for your replies. I have tried lifting the hive as suggested and it feels very heavy to me. I had not thought about the temperature of the sugar syrup (I have a rapid feeder over the crown board in an empty super, hope that is the right description!) so will take that...

Hello I have been reading and learning from this site for a while now but have never posted a question before. So forgive me if it is a stupid one; I am new to beekeeping and had to learn in a rush because I was given a hive last Christmas and was waiting to do a beekeeping course before taking...