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Called out yesterday morning for one that had been hanging in a bush all night , arrived near the site , called the phone number and lo and behold it had just flown off ! just got back from another shout and this time I arrived in time to see it fly off . A quick ask round and it turns out the...

Agreed , you wont see many of this horrid green and yellow things doing a job of work at 30 yr old plus .. G

The newness seems to have come off your Massey !! G

Bit naughty as I am technically at work , but .. Nipped into one apiary ' on the way somewhere ' . Hive 1 no problems 2 supers filling slowly . 2nd hive ok till frame 4 , A sealed cell showing , a further 4 or 5 on the next few frames . Bees starting to mass out front . Had a bit of luck and...

I sympathise mike , it happens all too often sadly . G

If you are keen to increase numbers by splitting , giving them more room in the form of a super to make a brood and half wont help . Keeping them in a smaller space with nectar coming in and an increasing population will bring on the swarming impulse . They will simply run out of room . This way...

Agree with RAB above , i never bother with swapping entrances round . Put up with the situation as is until all brood has hatched and then remove the lower box . There will be more than enough time in the next few weeks to bring in enough pollen . Its in the same situation as a swarm would be ...

All may not be lost .First thing to do is take out the qe seperating the two boxes so she can be looked after by the bulk of the colony . If you are thinking of shook swarming in the future , never run the risk of isolating the queen from the colony , its no different when the weather is as...

Much the same as Mm , feeding a few and the others have a super on here and there but an hour or two per day foraging weather isnt enough . Rape going over now , Apple gone in the last couple of days . G

That it takes 3 'suggestions ' from your bee farmer mentor about trying these gloves instead of those c%$p leather ones you are crushing my bees with , before you catch on , swapping them for something thinner and with more feel . G

Fields near Euston in Suffolk were flowering over 4 weeks ago when I was up there and according to my beekeeping friend t is still flowering . G

Use the work pc but not in an office all day so jump on when I can . Selective about who's posts I read so keeps the waste time down to a minimum . G

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Checked through twenty plus colonies in the afternoon and not a single queen cell amongst them . Everything seems to be well behind where it should be for the time of year . One or two needed feeding . Not a swarm in sight ! G

I keep lots of wild creatures that can harm people . Bees !

Half day off today to get through as many colonies as I can . I think today will be a busy swarm day . G

Intended to have a quick look . Turned out to be a bit more complicated . Donated queen from local club introduced Saturday ,out and happy but colony starving so ambrosia on to help them out . 14 x 12 nuc alongside killed another nz donated queen ? No idea why . Making q cells , knocked off ...

Much the same here , osr out but it hasnt got that heavy smell yet that seems to be the trigger for good foraging . Bit of polllen coming off it though . Put 2 supers on all strong colonies and 1 on the not so strong .(saturday)

Yes . Several have gone drone layer over Winter or did not lay well enough to generate enough bees to see them through Winter. The bee farmer I help out has had the same problem too so not just me .

Perhaps he enjoys lifting heavy weights before going through the bottom box !