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I have a paynes poly nuc converted to 8 frames and had a super on all summer with all new foundation but they never touched it at all. Last week i removed the super and that just left the brood box with 8 frames .Did a inspection yesterday and the brood box looked full except for one frame of...

Did inspection today and working upwards from the brood box that was looking very full, i had capped brood on three frames and plenty of lava did not see any eggs it became very overcast and stores on the rest of the frames that are looking quite dark and old. In half brood box five and a half...

Just a quick question from a newbie. As this is my first year and due to quite a few minor problems i now find that i have only a couple of frames containing honey in the super and so i have decided just to leave them for the bees for winter. I am on a brood and half and so if i was to move the...

only a newbie here and after being stung several times i now suit up every time i go to the hives. My problem is horse fly bites ,They have got me several times and i react bad to em. Swelling and burning sensations and very itchy that last for almost a week.

Sometimes i get over cautious i know,But im going to give it a try and when weather improves ill try my first move.

That sounds good news to me as this is the fourth location i have been to see today .There is a track almost to the site and i spent 3 hrs striming back nettles and thistles .Thanks for comments.I will try and have a talk to the farmer,i know he did spray for blight a cpl of weeks back.

Maybee i should have posted this in my previous post not sure. As i said previously i am looking to find a new site for my hive and nuc i have the offer of a location close to me and private very secluded easterly facing and sheltered ,only drawback as far as i can see is it would be about...

Thanks millet im still looking into it and the images are a great help .

Thanks for all the comments and the images are a big help .Just thinking though maybe MASTERBK is right( and i may be trying to run before i can walk my words not his). So being new would i be better to use another treatment like apiguard or something similar.I am willing to learn.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. So just put it under the mesh on a wooden floor and i suppose just block up the gaps round the bottom of nuc.

This being my first year/months with bees i have not gone through the full circle as the saying goes.I am still waiting to see what happens when i have to move my bees sometime this week(my last post) As i only have one poly hive and one poly nuc i want to overwinter the nuc with extensions and...

Thanks millet ,Im off to check a location now(in the rain) a good friend of mine has a ideal spot about half a mile away from where im moving from but i would like to find a site a bit further away if thats possible.Also does it matter if there is another apiary withing a few hundred yards or...

Sorry dont wish to drag this on but,if i shut up the hive at night is it possible to move it then the same time ,As we only seem to have a few short hours of darkness this time of year what difference would waiting till morning make and if not why wait for a few hours before moving. And once it...

Thanks for all the comments ,all taken onboard being a complete newbie i want to try and get it right first time.I will be moving a maismore poly hive and paynes nuc bothe with mesh floors and i have travel screen made up for the nuc so to be extra cautious ill make one for the hive. I will...

I have had a brood and half hive for about eight weeks and being a very newbie i missed the tell tale signs and they superceeded. I was not sure what to expect So when i checked the hive a couple days back i was very happy to see eggs and lava and they seem to be doing well,so it looks like i...

Blue torch,does this really work and by blue do you mean uv or just blue tint .I think i read somewhere that th uv can harm eggs.Ill try owt if its going to work.

I know this has come up several times and ive also searched on other sites but maybee someone has a new idea i can try.I am complete novice and only have one hive i ocasionaly wear glasses but even with the torch and magnifying glass i still cant seem to see eggs.About ten days back i saw a lot...

Recently bought one of an auction site made in india.It was one of the layered mesh type and i ordered XL because im tall. It was massive and way to big and as i found that the bees were clinging to it even when i took it off. So ordered one from BB have not used it yet but looks good and...

Ill ring simon the beekeeper tomorrow and see if something can be worked out. Thanks

Bees are in a maisons poly hive .They have not started drawing out the outside frames as far as i can see and im going to get in touch with the beekeeper tomorrow and get them checked. I would like to do an inspection myself ,but the queen is not marked and way things are going and it would be...