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I cut some of the mesh off a fireguard the width and depth of the feeder and taped it to the inside of the feeder wall, no problem with drowning or brace comb

A good pair of waterproof over trousers and put inside wellies no need for tape works for me stops stings in the lower region but you get a bit warm in them

Hi and welcome.

So sorry to hear about your young colony how devastated you must be. Who would of thought that would of happened this time of year.

Did you get sorted bbadger

I duck tape two wbc supers together and put the frames from the nuc in them on top of the paper and brood box seems to work for me

Hi Oliver i lost the Quen tothis colony and the only produced one queen cell that was the 12th may i left them alone untill the 15th june then went in and only found a few sealed drone cells went in last thursday and found a few more drone brood buy could not find the Queen

Hi i have a drone laying Queen or worker and i cannot find her,Which is the best way of finding her so i am sure she has gone before i introduce a new mated Queen Thanks

Hi i have a small colony of welsh bees and i lost the queen. the bees made a queen cell and she has emerged but is a drone laying queen so need a dark mated queen to replace her if anyone has one to sell please

Hi,I was just going to give the bees a feed and found that my fondant which is wrapped in a plasyic bag and noticed it is going hard. What is the best way of turning it back to a syrup as not to waste it or do i just throw it away thanks

It's great in porridge to have it every morning for breakfast

All the best for xmas Mark. Thanks for your hard work and putting up with us newbies,

Thanks Rae. Another Question when i Oxalic acid in late December do i lift the super off to do it or just the crown board and put 5ml between each frame

Hi, I have a WBC which has a brood box and a super full of stores with the queen excluder removed. How and when do i replace the queen excluder in the spring to make sure the queen is down in the brood box?

HI if you have had a mouse in the brood box make sure you add all new frames and blow torch the brood box. As bees will not build on frames that a mouse has been on, hope this helps,

Hi i use the mesh from a old fire guard for my travel screen mesh.

Hi Fronddeunant, thanks for the offer . I already have 1 hive of dark bees,but could do with another,In the area around me we are trying to to get beekeepers to keep dark bees only if you look on the web site Better black bees in Pendle it explains it thanks again for your offer

wanted 1 nuc of welsh bees or british black