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There are some beekeepers who buy drone comb for a couple of uses, one for wax foundation in honey supers and two, to augment the drone population in their colonies. Bees will do this a certain amount for themselves Build there own, however, the difference in foundation less colonies is quite...

Yes i agree Millet, a lot is common sense, sadly lacking in some cases.

Mark Mazureck "Mazzamazda" in Portugal got pneumonia last year after breathing in a few lungfulls of the stuff. since then I've upped my mask from a cat 3 disposable mask to a full on rubber one. i was smelling the stuff when treating with my Varrox, now I've just got a Sublimox and you do come...

I agree, i asked this question last year and since, I've found vaping any time of the day is the same effect. dont forget the inside of the hive gets completely coated in a fine layer of the sublimated oxalic acid, so bees have to come in to contact with the stuff even if their out foraging...

:iagree:Was just going to mention that, what a ridiculous, stupid idea. The thought of a heavily pregnant woman covering herself in thousands of bees in in my mind competly stupid. If your on social media shared to death on Instagram, their all saying its wonderful. Words fail me on how bees are...

cutting out queen cells yesterday, adding live virgins today. last graft has taken well, another 40 cells in back up if needed, and forecast for good settled weather next week for mating, if it works like last year, Phew!! still some u hatched and hatched drones in product hives so we should be...

Yes definitely not buckwheat, a type of brassica, probably a cover crop or fodder crop allowed to seed. which out for !! last thing you need if its mixing with your summer flow! Grrrr

I use a small egg incubator from Banbury incubators. you dont need a huge thing really, i can easily get 100 cells in this one. Just remove the internal workings that turn the eggs. dead easy. https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=14581&stc=1&d=1500387702

Here we are, took you some pics this evening. i am sure yove probably sorted it out, but just in case: These are Sterh Dadant poly nucs. pine Eke, standard rapid feeder. Hole in the top of the cover board. https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=14574&stc=1&d=1500240579...

you might have already seen this Foghornleghorn. but if not it will help you understand more. This is the process in Video. I find it really effective. https://youtu.be/aGbjfYV8v38 As usual "Intothelionsden", bang on the money!! if their known to be really agressive towards taking a new...

Indeed, its happening here already! worrying when I've got lots to get mated yet! we've hat a hot, very poor nectar flow and robbing is starting in earnest. you've only got tp spill some honey and pandemonium prevails. they go in to search mode, bees everywhere in any place where they might find...

yes, we have lots fo Sterh poly nucs and also have made plenty of wooden ekes that fit over the top and extend above the rapid plastic feeders. Really easy to make. To be honest, if its warm and sunny, you can just use a bit of ply with a hole in the middle, put your feeder on top of that. when...

Don Kuchenmeister, the "fat bee man"has done some videos on fogging mineral oil and he's very specific that it must be mineral pure oil. Whether its another case of added fairy dust, i couldn't say. Personally I've never had an issue with anything else other than vaporising oxalic acid...

This is what we use here, wood bleach and cleaner! pure crystals, even at this price its cheap. https://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=14542&stc=1&d=1499506078

You can do this, there is always the issue that some of the Laying Workers could kill the queen in the other nuc, but usually not. If you put it along side, then the flying bees will enter and boost the weaker colony. if you shake out the remaining bees in a few days and take away the laying...

Ever since I've been using quality breeder queens it's really paid off! I used to be a big fan of local AMM, but to be honest, and being totally honest, I have now much stronger stocks, more prolific queens, job to keep them in their hives in the spring. No chalk brood, or as I said, very...

Could be genetic, but I've had a few drone layers this spring and most of the time their offspring seem to have chalk brood developing in quite a few of the drone cells. The same daughters in other colonies, not a hint of it. It seems where you have normal balanced colony, chalk brood seems...

i bought some fondant from them last autumn, in a short trip to the uk, they were brilliant. 100 kilos arrived in two days, free postage. excellent service!! and before anyone asks, it was convenient and easier to collect from the uk, i had an empty car and France prices were astronomical on...

Apart from agreeing with Finny, I've been in hives in the dark and if you've done it once you probably wont do it again. The bees become nightmare crawlers, the crawl up your arms and also under things, on your suit legs etc. you come inside afterwards looking like a cast from the film swarm...