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Artificially swarmed double brood on same date making 3 nuc's . Today have 2 laying queens and one queenless and aggressive, have put test frame in to see what they do, you might want to do the same.

Are swarmy, need plenty of space to build up in spring, calm bees.

That was why he was asking the question Midland Beek:banghead:

Try talking to your local farmers. I spoke to 2 and both were more than happy to find me some space on their land. I now have my hives 2 minutes down the road and the farmer is going to take up beekeeping too!

Like the idea of the Poland trip but will have to work on the missus! Will go to thornes again, they've been reasonable in the past. Reckon there must be a Chinese supplier out there somewhere.

Hi Where is the cheapest place to get frames from?

The hives are great apart from the odd knot but they are only aesthetic and do not affect the integrity of the hive. My smokers was not very good, after a year it clogged up badly and when I used a bit of force to open it up the handle came off (maybe I'm too heavy handed). The jacket zip broke...

Forecast in Leeds is for max temp of 11oC at 16:00 with wind averaging 12mph. At inspection last Sunday I found 10 play cups and one of them had an egg in. Bees are in double brood with super. Should I inspect or wait for another couple of days (looks like wind droppping and temps rising...

Has anyone got any thoughts on the following queen rearing method I found on the web? http://www.basingstoke-beekeepers.org.uk/queen-rearing.html Matt

They are probably less than 20m from the overhead lines! I think I'll see how they are in a couple of days time however, I am a little concerned about the long term effects on their health. The reason I have moved them is so that I can ultimately put them on a new site close to my house. A...

I have just moved my hives from my back garden to a site close to overhead pylons. I only intend to keep one colony on this site but was wondering if anyone had any information about the possible adverse affects of bees being in close proximity to transmission lines.