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Hi Im in west wicklow

All my colonies are amm no mongrels or foreign bees .. Im rearing queens past few year and am very happy with my amm

I walked a field of beans last year . The sound of bees both honey bees and bumble bees was amazing i got a good crop off it too

What type of poly queen nucs you got please

Scratch the cappings off sealed honey on brood frames get the bees to move it up

Goid luck hooe all goes well Dont be afraid to use some duck tape to seal up

Move the hive away from stand and let all the flying bees go to old stand . Smoke the hell out of hive in new position. Will make finding the Queen alot easier with mostly young bees left in hive .. kill queen You could make nucs out of hive

The aus jackets fall apart after one season and after you wash them there protection deteriorates

Looking to buy new beekeeping suit Im stuck between senitil pro 2 or swienty breeze . Anyone who has these could you let me know if there sting proof .. My aus armor one was great but is needing replacement. The briars tear them too easily

I know that . I mean just set out a couple arpund his area

I have done loads of roof cut outs been a roofer comes in handy . Its hard work and you gotta leave the roof weatherproof and finished correctly.. To be honest i think if you're not a roofer or someone with hight insurance you have no business been up there you could get seriously hurt or worse...

Cheeky Bee

Nonsense

Great answers from others here another method is queen excluder between boxes keep queen in bottom box each visit move open larva and eggs up and put sealed brood and empty comb down

I always used them there great

We had a headmaster that enjoyed to lift his students off the ground by the ears as a punishment. Old bastard

I have an apiary in a old apple orchard and the old man who lives there (86) insists in striming it himself a few times a year with no protection and he hasnt once been stung with 12 hives in apiary. I nick named him Dr dolittle .

My first couple of years i was setting up swarm traps all around the local area easy pickings

Checked 15 hives in home apiary one loss . The hives were jam-packed with ivy honey i removed 4 frames of ivy out of one hive and switched with drawn comb ..overall brood rearing only getting started

I would call a queen from last season 1 year old since it only had one winter