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Sorry i meant wax foundation.

Being a newbie i was wondering what the difference (apart from the obvious )is regarding the Horizontally wired frames and the Diagonaly wired ones. Thank you.

Thank you and yes bitter sweet.

Just a quick question. Two days ago i destryed one of my hives when they were showing sighns of Paralysis CBPV ,I posted my findings and why i decided to take this action. I am not wanting to start the post again so i just want to know if the honey that i took from the supers from this...

Thank you, i read about the the open floor thread and one from a previous posting ,But i am restricted with equipment and Knowledge and maybee if had a bit more confidence it would have been something i would have gone for.Maybee i was a bit too drasticBut nervous in case it got transmitted to...

This last couple of weeks one of my hives has had a significant number of dead and dying bees on the grass.This hive had the same problem a few weeks previously but it seemed to clear up. Today i sat and watched the entrance and saw several bees simply dropping out of the entrance and on to a...

Ill update in seven days .Thank you.

Just a quick update .I checked the colony again this afternoon..Removed bothe supers and went into theDB hive.Absolutly jamed full of bees and to my mind a lot more than my last check three days ago. They had been very busy and i counted eight or more cups,with four charged with jelly .None...

Thank you ,i will have another look tomorrow and see what they have been up to. But looks like they are considering swarming so to be on the safe side it looks as if i will have to AS before it too late. Thank you again. dont know how i would manage without this forum and a couple of great...

Advice re swarming please. I discovered yesterday that one of my DB poly hives is extreemly full and i found two play cups on the bottom of the frame in the top box . One empty and one with a small ammount of jelly.,Unfortunatly i destroyed this one while looking into it.I removed two frames of...

Thank you ,i will leave as it is.

Just a quick question from a novice. i have five poly hives all DB all have OMFs and inspection trays always left in and extra poly insulation in winter . I weigh them every two /three weeks and since october the weight has only fluctuated very slightly. I weighed them yesterday while vaping and...

I have just got back from inspecting this hive in the out apiary so after your comments i thought i would have a thorough check .It is a DB and i went through all the frames and super 3 times. Lots of nectar some pollon and some stores ,but no Brood Q or eggs etc . However i did see quite a few...

I will do as you sugest and just move one frame first and see how it goes. Thank You .

Due to running out of boxes and not in the position of being able to site or buy more ,my plan was to try and juggle frames around and ease pressure .The colony seems healthy to me with my limited knowledge and with no sighns of disease etc just slow to build up . I have also seen on this site...

I have a hive that is very busy and contains several frames of solid(for want of a better word)capped brood. I also have a hive that is about two miles away not so busy and i was thinking of moving a couple of frames of capped brood to this hive from the busy hive. My idea is to remove the...

Ok so the super goes on the new box on the original stand and i put two frames of brood lava and eggs also in the same box as Wally Shaw says. I have a spare frame of stores from another hive that i can give them also tomorrow also. I did not wish to do it this way ,but as i said i went through...

Still very new to all this and im a slow learner so bear with me please. Having found 3 queen cells ,all with lava and jelly and one tapering down looking like it is ready to be sealed and all on the bottom of the frames.With my limited knowledge and after a disaster last year with swarming i...

I did not want to risk making matters worse for the sake of a couple of frames,But every little helps as i have only got a few hives. Thank You.

I will not go into the why and how because i know it was propably down to my lack of inexperience .Lesson learnt. Anyway i have a dead DB hive and have managed to sort of salvage two frames with some stores and nectar . I am wondering if i can use theese again in another hive and if so how and...