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I love this forum, it is such a good source of information and advice............................... And thankfully I have learnt to laugh at the tone of "voice" in some of the replies Clare xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:sifone:

Thanks all We have used 6mm perspex and used 6mm strips to make a frame glued onto the crown board. I hope 6mm is enough bee space (it maybe 7mm with the glue) if not we will add a bit more next weekend. Have now put it on a super and put in some apiguard with a feeder on top. I have been...

Hi I want to put a see through cover on my national, which doesn't have a crown board!! Can anyone see a problem with cutting perspex to size drilling a hole in the middle for the feeder/escape? I have been trying to buy a glass quilt for the hives but they are sold out everywhere. Hubby is on...

I have a nucleus that has now filled 7 frames in my wbc, is there any point in putting on a super, I have one with about 6 drawn frames, they are so busy on the heather about 1/2 a mile away it may be a shame to miss out What do you think Cheers C:willy_nilly:lare...

Wow they live up to their names! My bees have been pretty much ignoring my ice cream tub feeder, I thought they were just not hungry but after putting in my new feeder they have gone bonkers for it!! after 1 hour it was about 2 cm down!!! and you can see through the cover their little tongues...

Hey Steve let us know what happened, did you manage to get them down?

ah, mine like the feel of the ocean and the taste of champagne I try to discourage them but they have expensive tastes (not into yoga though)

Hi Shonto you really made me laugh reading your post! well done, loved the crossword bit. I have managed to kill two colonies of bees over the last two winters, it took me ages to talk about it but now I realise I did it through ignorance! I decided to give up on beekeeping, I am not a joiner...

I was going to use a washed sheeps fleece in a pillow case. Is that ridiculous? My husband seemed to think it was, but I thought it is breathable, warm, natural and if it is in a pillow case they won't get stuck in the fleece. I have a WBC and a national, so I was going to use a super to stuff...

Hi they are in a WBC, positioned warm way the frame of stores are at the front, then there is an empty frame with foundation followed the four frames of brood and bees that made up the nuc followed by the rest of the undrawn frames of foundation, there is a board on top with a top feeder...

Finman and everyone thanks for the replies, just realised that it is not 4 weeks but only 17 days, (seems longer because I have been dreaming about them and beekeeping scenarios (does that make me weird?) am a bit confused,) should I leave them as they are and feed? just had a peep today at the...

I have had a new nuc for 4 weeks now, they are very busy and have just started collecting white pollen (any ideas what that is from? we are on the edge of the Ashdown Forest in Sussex lots of heather there) On the same day that I collected my nuc I also caught a swarm, they flew straight into a...

Hi all Question one Last Saturday I caught a swarm, for two weeks lots of bees had been buzzing around my neighbours front door so I set up a hive with 2 frames in it and smeared in a smidgen of honey (probably theirs) and left it there, on saturday the swarm moved in, we sealed up the hive...

Could be! they are not as productive as our other hive. Should I feed them already? cheers Clare

I was explaining to my 7 year old what drones are and what purpose they served, and how they spent most of their time eating and lazing around. My husband then went on a rant saying that that is just what the worker bees would try to have us believe too, and that he (my son) shouldn't listen to...

Hi we are newbee bee keepers, and tonight observed outside one of the hives there are loads of "discarded" dead or nearly dead drones. Is it a bit early in the year for them to be booted out? could it mean anything more sinister is happening inside? It is only outside one of our two hives. I...