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Blowing a gale and cold here. Been out to green house as its sunny to open up the door slightly and to my surprise bees on the chicken drinker I put out for them out the wind. Think there aiming for the hive entrance 10 metres to one side to get back in.

So after checking the home hives I decided to check the 5 at the out apiary... all doing well after a quick check with eggs seen in all apart from 1..... 1 hive on brood + 1/2 has 4 frames of brood &eggs in super. Also pollen and nectar in the super (on top). There is a little pollen and brood...

Checked all 3 hives at home and all 3 bringing in pollen and a load of nectar from somewhere... am going to move one of my best hives back home tomorrow from my out apiary. At least then if we are completly banned from going out I can still stick to my plan of having a go at grafting this year...

Checked my 3 hives at home 2 are building up and have plenty of room but are bringing in nectar and pollen by the bucket load Thd other hive is on brood & 1/2 and is packed full of bees with lots of brood.... they have loads of nectar coming in and pollen. I nearly put on a super but with the...

The wife and myself both work in the food production sector so my 6 year old is off to school on Monday to her dismay.....

Let me make it clear incase it wasnt in the original post... I am not going to follow his ways of queen rearing in 2 frame nucs.... it was mearly a question / thoughts. I am this year going to try grafting and raise some queens to requeen my own hives so am watching and reading all I can not...

This post possibly should be in queen rearing but it is a beginners question.... I've watched lots of YouTube videos over the past months and David at Barnyard bees has some very good ones. What peoples thoughts how he does his splits of 1 framd of bees and a starter strip in a 2 frame queen...

From you wording In your post sounds like you have seen her on a frame if you know shes quick? No expert but if you have pulled the frame shes on but shes too quick for you then at least you have her out the hive, maybe put that frame in a nuc and requeen the original hive? Then sort out the...

Checked all 8 hives at my 2 locations yesterday for fondant. All doing well and first time since last year that I can say that all hives flying on the same day..... Without starting a debate on locals v imports my 3 hives with german queens are on 7-8 seams of bees and flying like it's a...

I'm no expert but you should not be inspecting at this time of the year.......

Finished painting up the last of the Thornes 3rds supers I got.... managed to get 13 out of the 15 I bought with a bit of wood filler so happy with that.... the other 2 I have managed to make 3 x1/2 supers so not allot of waste. Bees flying in ghd sunshine this morning bringing In pollen, very...

Lovely sunny day here in east Lincolnshire, bees all flying and collecting pollen from the helebores and a shrub in the garden covered in white flowers. The hum from it was loud. Was allot warmer than predicted, Was around 12 degrees and at last the wind has dropped.

Is there any difference between ultra bee and bee pro ? If so which is the best?

Painted a couple of polly hives I got off Ebay cheap. Could see the hives from the greenhouse where I had set up my painting area..... none flying due to the winds.

Checked all 8 hives through their clear crown boards and all are well and have stores. Strapped up and ready for the weekend storms........

Mine are also.... 14 degrees here and sunny but very strong winds. Bees coming out as home hives are sheltered, as soon as high enough there gone with the wind. My brother has lost power and brought his incubator round to plug in with 5 emu eggs in....

At this time of year what would be a good average size of brood nest, as in how many seams of bees would you be looking for? Just interested in what would be a good size. I have different brood sizes that I can see through the clear crown boards and wondering if I need to pay particular...

Quick question guys.... who in the UK supply Lyson beekeeping products please?

Just checked my emails after seeing this post and I have my results also. By far the largest out of the 19 was white clover followed by bramble. I too have had to look up some of the names to see what they are and look like. Requested my next sample kit also. Question.... how do you guys get...

I recently bought 50 Manley super frame 2nds in the sales by mistake as I thought I was buying SN4s... I have not used these before but presume they are no different to use than Hoffman's? Anybody got any tips to get them drawn out any different than normal frames? Is there an issue mixing...