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To be honest I didn't realise honey bees worked it

The vetch is all over the field ditches in my area

The abelo one is great you can raise 2 queens in each nuc plus it has a top feeder

Are the hand heather loosener worth getting will I be able to save my comb using one , could someone explain the process please. I really hate crushing my good comb

I have been using the ben harden method all season on two cell builders, I'm very happy with this method getting average of 15 - 17 queens raised out of 20 each hit

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Have hives on a field of beans farmer told me he needs to spray for aphids hes using aphox , should I block them in and for how long

Biggest colony iv had so far ,5 capped supers and another 2 been filled

Its gone up 60% here since last September

Thanks for replys

Would you recommend a super under qx to give herself more room to lay

This year iv tried double brood on some colonies 1 colony in particular has 19 frames of brood what do you guys that run double brood do in this situation demaree 1 of the boxes and give back another under qx ,or steal out some brood, currently has 3 supers on will need more

Checked the colonies on osr 12 hives have drawn full deep boxes of foundation and filled with nectar added drawn shallows nectar piling in . Not bad for ****** black bees

Nothing

I have 16 hives on a field of osr barley any honey in them , crazy ! The queens slowed up laying... Very cold nights here and the days aren't much better

Bit of a frustrating start to season with these frosty nights and cool breeze the bees aren't working the osr too much there just maintaining themselves, waste of time moving 16 colonies

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Has anyone tried these , would like to get some feedback off anyone who has purchased thanks VC-Z-51-230 Wax melter and extractor 51 cm, electrically heated, with lockable lid and with bearing

Mine has velcro

I have hives on osr past week now there bearly bringing in enough stores to keep themselves going never mind a surplus, in full flower now but its been so cold this spring