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Yes i thought so also. The article says this is not necessarily recommended by the manufacturer but will give a 50-60percent treatment efficacy. I used oxalic last year but would rather not this year so this caught my eye sent using tapatalk

Hi In the October edition of the Bbka news magazine there is mention of leaving a tray of apiguard in the hive over winter and to remove two weeks before adding the first super in spring. this is meant for those that do not wish to use Oxalic acid but have a mite issue. Has anyone tried this...

As a new beek myself this is the first year i have some drawn comb. Check on the frames stored dry in bin liners a few days ago and found some wax moth having a feast. All frames are now in a large chest freezer. think i got them just in time. The original plan was to spray certan on them...

Had the same issue with the bees filling up the eke. I've decided to stop feeding for a week or so and have removed the wild comb. They have enough stores to keep them going till then. Any ideas how to stop them doing this? sent using tapatalk

The bees i have in the garden are the same. The wind or rain does not worry them. The ones in the apiary a few miles away however keep indoors when its miserable. Both hives are splits from the same source hive. the ones in the garden seem to be more productive though. sent using tapatalk

Similar to previous post. Split ours into another two and got about 120lb in total from all three. First harvest so well pleased. Now off to worried about winter. sent using tapatalk

Thanks JustStarting & PH. Yes a high price now that I have seen the link you provided. I'll need to make some as per your instructions for my other hives. Appreciate your quick replies.

Hi, Hope you guys can help. I purchased one of these clearer board from the last national honey show. The person I purchased it from did not have any instructions to give, he did tell me how to use it but my memory being as it is I can't remember :) Any one have any idea how I would use it...

Yes wierd, I did put the link up and could go to it before. Here it is again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7foR9_n-IE&feature=youtube_gdata Odd I can still see the original link when I view the forum from my phone.

Thanks for that Busy Bee and Susbees. I will listed out the next time I open the hive.

Thanks for that i did think queen piping but seems a bit too early to have a new queen cell. The new queen has only come into lay and should have hatched on the 18th may. Did leave two sealed cells originally. Never know though. Would the queen make this kind of noise for any other reason...

Hi, Opened up my hive today to check if new queen has started laying. Thankfully she has and I have seen eggs on a couple of frames. No larvae so assume queen only just started laying. When I opened the hive there was a sort of 'quacking' sound I have never heard before. Being in only my...

I thought roof vents allows air to escape ie if there is a strong gust stops the roof blowing off by allowing air to escape. sent using tapatalk

Thanks all for the informative information. Maybe best I wait a few weeks. My rational was that I had seen sealed drone brood last Friday (25/3) and I had calculated :- Droans Emerges 8/4 mature on 21/4 (assuming other hives in apiary have sealed drones) If I had done the split on Saturday...

Hi, Fairly new at this and have only 1 hive thus far. Wish to increase stock by making a split. Do you think its too early for me to attempt this now. Current setup is a national brood box with 7 frames of brood at all stages. I was thinking of taking out 2 frames of brood plus 1 with eggs...

I suppose I should also stop using those powerful magnetic speakers as hive stands :)

Thanks Gavin, Yes it was intimidating. I came home that day and gave the hive tool a good old clean. I'll try to work slower like you suggest next time and see what happens. Appreciated.

ah sure did see the threads about this earlier, good time to update mine. I'm in London. Thanks.

Hi, Had a check on the girls a few days ago. Nice and warm here in sunny London. All was going well then for no apparent reason a number of bees kept being attracted to my hive tool. LIke a magnet attracts Iron fillings :). Very odd. The only thing I remember doing before this started was...

Thanks for all the advise will store and see what happens.