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lol if you spent some time beekeeping instead of a staggering 11,246 post you might actually learn something because you clearly dont know much 1) wow great next head of the exam board you are 2) don't think i said run on a single bee space but small entrances are fine lots of my hive prop the...

whats that suppose to mean

don't understand this october swarm comment what did you reduce them too a shoe box

nothing to do with entrance size so long as the entrance is at least bee space they are fine with out adjustment at anytime of year

you are correct 15 tonne is 15000 kg i feed sugar to my bees

So how many drops do I need for 15 tonne of feed Omg

i don't really advise waiting in this job if in doubt feed if you ram them up with feed till they are as heavy as lead when you lift with two hands( not one) you wont go far wrong simples

i am new to all this why would you put peppermint essence in feed

I tell you none so far made £100 with last years failed crop and spring losses still £170,k to go Any time you want to find out how bad this job is come and see me for a heads up 100 hives is not bee farming just playing we can't make a living with 800 Living the dream comes at a price...

not too keen on either as a method of controlling nosema, if they are alive then they will get over it, try a feed of vita gold works ok.

not sure you looked at the brood or not but all the foulbrood cases i delt with they had to be pretty advanced to smell. smell is not a great method of detection, EFB can smell in advanced cases but this is from a secondary invader PB alvei but this is only associated with EFB any way i am...

i agree with the last guy, but i only reply to say that your discription is showing a lack of stores and they both need feeding, next time a quick check on the nuc and try to resist messing too much and feed again if req, if in doubt always feed.

no me too none supered not looked at them much feeding is all i can really do for them anyway they either come right or not. better off with q ex and super above crown board so the can go up if they want just like murray dont see much happing for a few weeks yet

hi both, with out much doubt the colony you put the brood in was not upto that much brood and it now chilled there are several reasons why it is unlikely to be EFB but the quickest eay to find out is to put the brood back in the orginal colony and they will soon start to remove the dead brood...

bees sold out of devon and cornwall are some times a bargin for several reasons, it is always advisable to tell youre bee inspector when you buy bees and ask there advice.

hi jimbeekeeper yes my suit is bj sherrif but they r short of material i have this one made to my measurements and costs around two hundred with the vat

yes thats me

hi wilderness, there is nothing to stop you buying any more bees you could set up another site if you want to. if you follow the way the bee inspector uses gloves and washing soda etc you will go a long way to not spreading it any further. Don't worry too much you can burn up AFB and you may...

with regard moving you're hives i would suggest you ask around for a temp site as attempting the three foot at a time move will stress them to destruction.

no i think we all at risk but the more sites the bigger the risk