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thanks for your words of advice, I think we'll put out a bait hive and see what happens, should be interesting

Does anyone know how long a feral colony of bees is likely to last . We know of a colony that has been living in an oak tree for at least 3 years. We have seen a lot of bees going in and out of the entrance over the last few weeks and was wondering if it would be worth putting out a bait hive in...

Have just spent a few hours making up brood frames and frames for supers as we've just had two new hives delivered. Barry refuses point blank to make up frames but I find it strangely therapeutic, you can just daydream about warmer weather and bees buzzing in the sunshine

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Have just been reading an article in the Independant this morning on the effects of pesticides on bees and ther insects, makes you want to cry !!

The fondant is in a shallow plastic tub on the crownboard over one of the holes , should it still be wrapped in clingfilm. The hive is situated by a stream so the bees do have a water source very close by so I suppose they should be ok then.

Have been feeding my bees fondant for a good few weeks now and have noticed when I've ckecked on them that the fondant goes hard I suppose due to the cold weather, they still seem to be munching on it though its taking a while for them to get through it. Will this be a problem for the bees in...

looks like a ladybird larva too me

thanks guys going to get started on some prompt sheets. people where we go target shooting are always asking about our bees and we enjoy telling them so i agree it should go ok. it would be nice to inspire someone else to take up beekeeping as we have found it fascinating since we started.

where the wife and i keep our bees ( a garden and nursery open to the public) they have talks on different subjects during spring and summer. as we are keeping our bees there we have been asked to give a talk on beekeeping. we only started ourslves early 2010 so it is going to be a challange...

happy new year to all on this forum and as first year beekeepers thankyou for all you advice

stingless bees would mean man messing with nature yet again. this has caused problems in the passed, if they didnt need a sting nature would dispose of it over time. as for me the thought of getting stung isnt pleasant so it keeps you on your toes.

cheers guys. managed to get it working but not to keen on the photomizer software so have downloaded vision gs and will do picolay asweel and give them a go. unfortunately im not to good with computers so it trail and error .

this was our first winter and after some reading on here we entered winter as so, empty super on bottom-open mesh floor-broad box-crown board- b&q 3inch insulation board under the roof. did the acid couple of days ago then put eke on crown board with fondant. they were a small colony going...

we did our bees today as well, this is our first winter of beekeeping so our first administering oxalic acid. All seemed to go ok, the bees were fine , about six seams. A few decided to have a flap about and the rest stayed put in the hive. Glad its over and done with , wasn't looking forward to...

calm down calm down only asked because it says 6% OA on the bottle but have read on here should be around 3.5 to4%. as for instructions there are none on the bottle so bad labeling. were i got it from says use it out the bottle but you lot on here had me running scared with all this % talk...

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its the attack of the chemists

sometimes it can get a we bit to technical and my brain starts to shut down as i read more and more. but still some good advice hidden in there that i managed to understand (i think)

just had a read of that hread. ouch ive got a headache. has anyone used it from the bottle and if so how did you get on. also some say they dont use OA why not. id likle to hear your opinions and is there an alternative treatment before we enter spring that is not quite so harsh.

hi all i have some oxalic acid that i got from maisemore which i thought was ready to go in the hive but have noticed on the bottle it says 6% acid, 30%sugar, water up to one litre. in their catalogue it says put 50ml into one of our syringes and squirt over the bees. which i take to be 5ml per...