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I’m the same , with holiday it will be 3 weeks before visiting bottom BB. If needing to add another super do people with a demaree in progress add below or above the top BB and if developing a Q in the top do you add a QE above the top BB?

I have around 10 demarees & I don’t have the time to dismantle the hives to check the bottom box. I move all the brood to the top BB with a demaree board and an upper entrance for the drones and virgin queen . I reduce to one QC, often only just one or two. With not inspecting the bottom boxes I...

My local primary school is receiving next week by post a correx nuc of bees and until the school apiary is ready I plan to place in my own apiary. Any tips on dealing with a correx nuc and how quickly to transfer to a poly nuc.

Inspected 2 nucs both with queens & brood. One very strong with 4 frames of brood plenty of bees the other 1 frame of brood and just a few bees. None of the frames in both nucs had full frames of brood. To balance the bees I was thinking of switching round the boxes for a while. Would this work?

Sorry admin I have posted this twice can u remove one.

Any advice (or links) on the best sheds to buy. I currently store all my supers etc in my home and garage and need to move them all out. Currently have 15 hives so need a largish shed to be put in my field (2 acres). I’m told if it has wheels on planning permission not required.

Why is soft set honey white?

Dont wish to intrude on this posting but I could do with a female emden goose for my male if anyone has one to sell or exchange for a male? Just pm me. Thanks

I’m helping a beekeeper who has 2 hives with nearly fully formed larvae being ejected on both. See pic. One explanation offered is its drone larvae, any other explanations. Both hives have adequate stores & been treated for varroa (vaped).

Can anyone tell me what tree this leaf is from, I don’t recognise it, from a walk in Upper Swaledale, N Yorks?

I used Abelo strips last autumn, seemed to work well, no hives lost and low varroa counts. I vaped early on then added strips as extra precaution.

Never sure whether wasp traps work. Maybe they attract wasps to the apiary? 🤔

Saw a few wasps out today here in East Yorks. Must get my entrances wasp proofed.

Any suggestions? Abelo 50p each collected.

There are other beekeepers around the spraying area who will be affected. I have asked the farmer to spray late in the day when less bees flying. Must be a common insecticide that is used nationally, so many beekeeper in the same position. Good of the farmer to use ‘beeinformed’

I received a ‘beeinformed’ message from a farmer re spraying pirimicarb on beans. I googled and says… Pirimicarb is toxic to bees. You must not spray pirimicarb where bees are foraging or onto any flowering plants, including weeds. If you spray pirimicarb on non-flowering plants that are close...

Maybe that’s it, I never get frosting, but I do mix the seed very thoroughly but I presume you do too!

Whenever I make soft set honey, I 1. Heat the bucket until 40c+ throughout to remove the crystals (its rape, starts as concrete…) 2. Then reduce to 35c and seed with 10% of my existing soft set at same temp. 3. After this I cool the bucket to below 14c for a few days for it to set. 4. Then re...

Thanks… I knew it was a beetle and it was on my Alder, but didn’t think to google ‘Alder beetle’!

Any beetle experts, eating Alder leaves.