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drdrday, Thanks for the reply, it is interesting if they are kicking out drones. I didn't think of that, but next time will look much closer. That would be preferable to a robber bee. I know that drones get kicked out when the colony gets ready for winter, but would they also do it if they...

I was checking on our bees as we have recently reduced the hive entrance as there are wasps around and its not a huge colony. We are also aware this this is robbing season, although I don't really know what we do to combat that other than reduce the hive entrance. Anyway, I became aware of two...

Erichalfbee, Thanks for the reply.

Thanks for the reply. There are no other hives close by so hopefully the 'errant fliers' will get into the combined colony.

We have two hives that are about 3m apart. We have just found that that the newer colony, which we got as a small swarm at the end of June has a drone laying queen, and she has now been removed from the hive. We are uniting the colonies using the newspaper method. Having not done this before...

StephenT & drdrday, Thanks for the replies and suggestions, I'll remove the excluder later today. As you say I don't need to just store it there and I didn't think it would make a difference, but this is why forums like this, where people can share their experiences, are so useful. Best wishes,

Thanks for the replies. Visited the hive this morning and there were 3 bees feeding on the sugar syrup, when they left the feeder there was no more bees for a minutes or so, and then the odd one or two, so if I had opened the feeder at the wrong time I might have thought they still hadn't found...

Hi, We have just got our first swarm. We were advised not to feed the colony for the first 3 days and then give it sugar syrup until the comb is drawn out and the colony is stronger. I have used an 'English feeder' which is sat in a super and over a hole in the crownboard, above the queen...