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Let’s just have a look how we have got to this situation and put an end to it. My original question was is it to late to go into my hive and clean it up. All I got was Go on a course and reed some books. Well I couldn’t instantly go on a course or get a book and reed it. It took 2 pages before...

I nave been looking for information to see if anybody had done any experiments with copper but was unable to find any so the information from Little John was interesting. Maybe they were trying to hard to get the copper into the bees. Water doesn’t react with copper in any way yet it still kills...

It is a diamond shaped varrowa mesh like the third photo down but that is galvanised not stainless steel like mine. I got some of that mesh thinking it was the same and it is a bit thin and the holes are small. I have not been able to find any the same The hive came from amazon. Red Cedar...

The mesh came with the hive. It is a stainless steel mesh and I haven’t been able to find anything like it anywhere. I was going to make a winter queen excluder but cut some bigger hols in places so the queen could get to the top of the hive but most of the workers would squeeze threw the small...

I am taking on board what you are saying. Just my timing is a bit out and I understand that but there is not a lot I can do about it this year apart for treating the bees as soon as possible. If the human race hadn’t experimented and taken risks we would still be rubbing two sticks together to...

I can still treat them next month I have got the acid

I noticed it is a tight squeeze for the bees to get threw the queen excluder and was wondering if it was knocking some mites off. I put a better examination board in my hive 4 months ago and have counted the mites every day. I get an average of 22 a day. I did some one off experiments and got 50...

That is a good reason why not to do it thank you. my logic for wanting to do it was make the best of the good whether but I am wrong when it comes to beekeeping. Just ordered A Practical Manual of Beekeeping. There is two curses near me one in march and one in may. I will book my place on one...

I did look into a local beekeeping course earlier this year but it was full. I will go on one as soon as possible. I will also look into bee base. Insurance would be a good idea in this day and age. As for my bees surviving the winter. My bees have got varrowa mite and I have got some Formic...

I will leave them alone for this year. I have taken the queen excluder out and insulated the top and the outside because the hive is in a exposed position on top of a shed. No danger of woodpeckers as I am in a town. I can still get the first frame out so I will have room to loosen the other...

Hello. I caught a swarm early this year and quickly knocked together my national hive that I got last year. I discovered that a national hive fits 12 frames in and I only had 10 brood frames but I went ahead and put the frames in and leaving a gap at each end thinking the bees would start on...

hello Hello sorry to but in on this section. I am also new to bee keeping and was wondering what to do with one of my hives. I will start from the beginning. I got a hive last year and was hoping to catch a swarm but I didn’t get one until early this year. It was quite a big swarm so I put them...

Hello. I am new to beekeeping and have 2 hives from swarms I found early this year and I am looking for some advice if possible please. I will ask my questions in other sections as this is the welcome section