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Hi looks great but can i ask why does it need to be so high? Could you have not removed some full supers earlier or did I miss something?

Hi, what wasp trap was that? I have just spent 20 minutes swatting them away from the hives, all bees asleep but air was buzzing so finished with chickens to see wasps by the shed load. I closed the hive entrances and swatted and stamped. I reckon took out 200 the buggers come at dusk it appears...

Mmmmm...... are you serious lol we have had rain all May and June finally July was so so and now rain again :( but hopefully only today. If you need rain please bring your bees for a day out or two to Wales. We just look forward to non wellie days.

hi, yes mine were like it today, just thought they were getting old and going grey like me :)

who is MB?

Thanks was hoping i understood it correctly :)

Hi all can i ask for some advice please, a swarm was caught about 3 weeks ago and put in a 6 frame nuc box but believe it or not they have filled 4 1/2 frames so i was wondering how to move this to a hive? When i got a nuc before it had travelled so it was no problem but this time there is no...

wow glove free? I got a horse fly bite 2 days ago and still have a very bad leg, i dress up like the mitchelin man, yes hot but love my bees. If i did not kit up fully then i am 100% sure beekeeping would not be something for me. I plan to keep bees for 30 years (only in 2nd year) but I plan to...

Wow, dont take this the wrong way but glad to here it is not just me :) Bit warmer today but just as bees showed their heads we had another 3 hours of heavy rain. Like everyone else heres hope for July :)

Hi All, it is 10th June and my heating is now on in the house, I am still feeding bees and it never stops raining. Had a great April but that is it only had a few days above 15c after that, is anyone else in wales as fed up as me? Is this normal? Is bee keeping in Wales a real possibility?

Hi, sorry to hear that but in a way I am glad, I live in mid wales and it has rained 29 out of 31 days in May with atleast 2 very windy weeks had to feed them a few times. Hopefully we can swap some sun from Kent and give them some of our wind and rain. Yet i see people are extracting already on...

Hi, when I looked at some of my frames I thought I had queen cells but they were infact drone cells in the middle of a frame, is it possible you have these? I do not know your hive but I have about 12 larger cells in about 4 different frames but when I watch youtube and ask around they are drone...

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Hi, outside of hive cleaned and disinfected. If get anymore today will take pictures. I am going in the hive later when it warms up more to see what is in there will report if I find more :) Glad I can add confusion.

no not snails it is the bees. they say we are going to 15c today so I will go in and look around inside. but can 100% say not snails it is bees the flies are also making a mess on it but this is easy to tell it is tiny black spots, going to use incubator disinfectant to clean out side of hive...

Hi, hope you can help my bees are out looking healthy but they are making a bit of a mess, they are messing on the hive entrance, some is a bit wet but most looks more like fish pooh, long and thin I have looked everywhere but not seeing much info on the internet. Looked on the floor outside the...

You all sound very cheap, is it because it is a hobby? Sorry was born into a business family but are you allowing for jars, labour repairs and renewals, medications etc? I am only doing it as a hobby but so my extended family will devour mine but I would have suggested along the lines of £6.50...

Landing Platform I saw this thread so I thought that sounds like a good idea, so trundled up the fields and yes today they were out but as I planned just to look not even go near the hive so no protection was put on, only to find they thought I was a great landing platform. They were not...

Thanks again for the extra advice, sorry I cant guess the weight of the colony with the beehaus as it is anchored down since it blew over last time we had such wind. I think I have overdone it but I have 20kg of fondant left in stock for them as they start to wake up and increase the brood but...

After my first season last year and starting so late and with such a dire winter I opened my Beehaus with nothing but dread this morning but hey ho the colony was huge and chopming on fondant well :) I would like to thank the forum for your advise and of course Pete aka hivemaker as my private...