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Guys, I'm about to build a warming cabinet, thermostatically controlled with a digital readout. Heating element prob going to be light bulbs with a couple of axial fans to blow it around. Initially it was going to be dual purpose, i.e. honey buckets or jars, but now I'm thinking to size it such...

I have 3 colonies, all on Nationals. One colony has had it, swarmed at beginning of April, never got going again even though it left a couple of QCs. Very few bees left. It still has a full super on it, the one it over-wintered with. I now am wondering what to do with the brood and super boxes...

ok, how many differebt types of pollen....... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBq3cSWO6Os

Ok guys, it looks like I still have 2 active pollen foraging colonies, both with plenty of stores still and hardly any mite drop (2 or 3 a week). This is my first winter with the bees. I've (rightly or wrongly) overwintered with one super on each brood box, no excluder, and OMF. I'm making the...

Thanks for your tips, I've updated my details to give a bit more info. I do have someone I can phone, and have done on occaision, but I don't like to pester too much, even though I'm pestering you lot! Super under the BB seems like the ideal for me then, but I'll leave on top for a while to...

(for not the first time) I think I may have made a mistake.... I started with one hive this spring, had to split in May because of swarm prevention and now have 2 hives, both in a similar state. There are a lot of bees with plenty of activity (It's still warm down south), I have fed them loads...