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I find apideas are great, the only thing I find though is that bees soon run out of space in them, at the very least get the larger feeder that sits on top of the apidea and allows use of five frames instead of three. I use a super on all mine together with a feeder. This gives me 10 apisea...

I didnt say YOUR hives or back yard/garden were a state, just an observation on some I HAVE seen!!! I think YOU are missing a point here, you are keeping bees that you cant guarantee will not sting anyone, you dont know if anyone is hypersensitive to stings. You also state that they dont go in...

Problem with all of this is, so far you've said they've been ok other than ONE incident!!!....but there you have it......it only takes one! As for them putting the wendy house near your bees, well sorry, but whereever they want to put items in their garden is up to them, I wouldnt take to...

I'd disagree with that, I've known colonies to work their way from the centre, over to one side then be stranded there clustered in cold weather and starve to death. I prefer to make sure they start against one side of the brood in winter, and that way they can work their way across the brood...

Well same as a couple of others on here, I now use thin leather gauntlets, with large surgical/nitrile gloves over them , my dexterity hasnt been compromised half as much as I thoght it would. And yes I agree I will still get stung but untiil I've been sensitivity tested for beestings, I'm...

Maybe after 20 years of beekeeping I should pack it in as well then, if all shops should stop selling leather gloves? Maybe all the people on here dismissing gloves would like to have a word with my wife and convince her that it would be good to spend another night in resus fearing the...

Total pile of cobblers, We were talking about this very thing at our BKA meet at the weekend with Martin Smith, and apparently someone on the IOM decided to send some VARROA free queens from the island to a mainland beekeeper. Someone in their wisdom decided this would make good media fodder and...

Yep as said, give them more ventilation by sliding the front entrance cover down a little. Also you can get a large feeder for the apideas, I use these all the time, and remove the small feeder inside the adidea to give them more room and to make it easier for them to regulate the colony...

I think PH was referring to contact feeders. I've used contact feeders ok, but only in a situation when the feed is going to be used quickly (prime swarm on a boxfull of foundation for instance) only way I've got them to stop leaking is to squeeze the bottom (or top) as you invert it, so when...

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I am using kidleather at the moment, and they are a very snug fit, and I find I can do almost any job that I can do with thinner gloves. I keep propolis problems down by wearing large latex or nitrile gloves over the top of them and chucking them away when I finish. I think most people wearing...

You obviously havent seen the BB wear PINK beesuits then??? :ack2:

Pete, I've got exactly the same suit, to replace a rather worn budget suit also from Bee basic. I think its a great suit for the price. Never had a problem with the veil blowing in my face (unlike some fencing type ones I've put up with in the past) and I prefer this type of veil for the...

Welcome to the forum, where about are you? it would help knowing where you are in case nearby beekeepers can give you a hand if needed. regards Roy

Blimey how did you do that???...I've washed my suits loads of times and never had a problem with them shrinking at all!!...are you sure you havent just stretched? ;) got two of their cotton suits and a couple of budget ones I picked up at stoneleigh, I'd recommend them to anyone

Blimey o' reilly what a palava just get rid of all but one queen cell, job done!!! If there is a queen and she decides to swarm then you'll loose only 1 swarm. If you leave more than that there is always an outside chance more swarms will follow. I would advise against going through ANY bees...

First thing is to take a deep breath and stop flapping :D Next go through the colony and leave just one QC Hopefully there is a queen in there, if not you have covered yourself by leaving the QC to emerge. If there is a queen in there hopefully she will sort out the capped QC you leave. In at...

Oi!!!!....Scousers are choosy over what they'll nick!!!:biggrinjester:

If you havent got time to sort anything else out, what you've just suggested will work and give you some time to breathe. You can then decide on wether you want to go for 14x12, double brood, or brood and a half.

Its making me twitch just reading that!!!...was remarkably similar to what I went through when I went a bit wobbly a few weeks ago....had anything between 40-60 QC's in that one all emerging as I went through them.....good fun isnt it? :willy_nilly: