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Yes plenty of stores etc on a field of field beans brambles just coming into bloom

Will do thank you

I just hope my Queen right colony is ok will check next Saturday on my weekly inspection thanks to all for your help

It was split about with a sealed Queen cell and left for 4 weeks when inspected the Q cell had emerged it was then left for a further 2 weeks to allow for mating flight etc and then inspected again 1 week later no sign of the new Q angry bees etc I dint try a test frame my mistake

Fairly sure thoroughly checked the six frames no eggs or brood it was from a failed split

I have just united a queenless colony to my stronger colony from a nuc using the newspaper method I have looked today and to my horror loads of dead bees outside of the hive and on the landing board. I have done a quick inspection and now can't find my Queen although they have chewed through the...

Prior to my previous post I remembered using Treatex cedar oil as well on cedar cladding available on line at www.treatex.co.uk especially for cedar

Sorry that’s Zinseer all coat hate predictive text 😂

Being a professional painter and decorator and beekeeper I would use either linseed oil/danish oil or osmo oil, if you need to paint them use a water based micro porous paint with a voc below 20% such as Zinder all cost won’t harm the bees and let’s the cedar breath, though I must admit it’s...

I’m a beginner and have done onlin courses and recently a in person class with my local club very much better than an online course and now attend their apiary every Sunday as well as other meetings .I’ve found the practical side very informative working with experienced beekeepers really helps