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kenson gave me great advice he got me out of trouble,as he can still rembember how it was to be starting off good luck

hi plot like you i am new to beekeeping get the advice off kenson, , so be careful who you take advice off as the so called experts started off as experts they are not mere mortals like us who are just starting off as beginers

i bet your a blast down the pub talking about all your guard bees esp at your age 107 lol

i was only playing [but i am carefuly thinking of the gas fire lol] defrost heater are from 8 watts

again I thought of that as in my other life I used to be a fringe eng we used defrost heaters I think I could adapt one of them i.e. Stat and timer ( central heating for my bees lol. ) never know it might cach on . Again thank you for your help

I have ordered a 5 frame poly nuc with a erk So will let you know how I get on ,I paid £48 so not too bad where else can I buy ambrosia as the postage is expensive again thank you

i have power what i can use near the hive

sorry got your name wrong kenson again thanyou

thanks you have been the most helpful, i will order some ambrosia this evening when you compair 2 hives and you see a difference with a active coloney to a slow one all that i have fed them is sugar water and fondant it was fine for the active hive but i only have had the slow hive for 2...

i am serious its called begining we all have to start somewear i started with my first hive aprox 3 months ago

thanks for your help i have just done an inspection on the national hive i think i have been conned only the middle 4 frames have any real activity the rest looks like he took all the honey from the brood box i never seen the queen but found some uncapped eggs not a lot of capped polen ,The...

the active hive is a langstroth aprox 8 frames full i have made a thin super so i would not squash the bees, the non active hive is 10 frames national that as one super on with no frames when i first viewed the non active hive aprox 2 month ago it was not as active as my hive but the ones...

what i have noticed is the coloney less active seem smaller bees,

what information do you want to know? as i am a new beekeeper my knowledge is limited

aprox about the same time as me.I thought i was the only one starting at this time of year. good luck

thank you all for your help

the bees that bring in most polen are more active and sting most lol the othe coloney seem less active and dont sting me that much [them ones must like me fools lol]

my first hive the one that brings loads of polen in i have just treated for verroa the hive i have had 2 weeks the guy who i bought the hive off said he had just treated it for verro

as far as i can see with my limited knowledge both hives look good for winteri am feeding both hives fondent it looks like both hives have kicked the drowns out [ i think they are drowns dead bees on the floor]

i got the first hive from cambridge aprox 6 frames that one brings in loads of polen the other hive what i have had for 2 weeks came from salop it was kept in the countryside i bought the hive and a full coloney i live in a built up area