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It's a bit of an experiment. I have a split I could unite them with in a few weeks so I'm giving them a chance.

I find it's a bit like the mantra of turn it off and on again with tech stuff. Leave it a week and look again in most situations (not queen cells obviously). Lots of things sort themselves out or at least the situation becomes more obvious.

I'm having a bad year so am trying to save a colony with chalkbrood as I don't have a queen to requeen with at the moment. I've shook swarmed them into a nuc and fed them lots and hoping they have recovered. The chalkbrook seems to be under control but lots of old bees still dying so hopefully...

I printed my own granulation labels because all the bought ones mention a microwave. I just said to warm it but don't over heat it - I'll leave customers to decide what that means. I have an AGA so just leave my granulated honey on that for a few hours and it warms through lovely.

Can someone post the link please. I keep meaning to do this so I'll check what it happening at the moment and bookmark the site for hopefully later in the season. Thanks.

Hmm yes I see your point. I'm having a bit of a pants year at the moment so trying to save everything I can. There are enough bees in there so I was hoping that as the laying worker(s) had only just started then maybe the bees would still raise a QC from the frame I gave them. I guess I'll...

I had a colony who was feisty and my intention was to requeen this year. I hadn't seen the Q since the middle of April and there brood was dwindling although there were still quite a lot of bees in there. I put a test frame in there on 24th April but they didn't draw any QCs and I have seen no...

I've transferred my notes on to my computer this year and am finding that so much easier to work with. When I'm inspecting the bees I just make notes on a piece of paper in a clip board of how much BIAS there was last time and anything else relevant plus a note of what I want to do based on my...

I've done plenty of Snelgrove splits too. I find it's a great method. You should have left the top box with enough food so personally I would just leave them to do their thing. It's part of the method to bleed off a lot of the forages but I tend to move the top box onto it's new location when...

Much easier to find a marked queen as people have said. But I found that once I'd found one once I had the confidence to find her if necessary and normally do fairly easily. If you do need to find her (and you don't always need to) then I take all the non brood frames out and space the others...

I bought some once that were very well made but not quite cut right and because they were such good quality they were a nightmare to manipulate. I actually like worse quality as they are easy to piece together. I had one side bit the other day that was very bowed but putting it on my aga...

Thanks, yes I think I was overthinking this all. It's obvious when someone points it out.

That sounds like a great idea. I need to see if the frames will move but maybe I can do something similar with the bottom if they do. Thanks.

Thanks, yes I will practice with the queen I am culling. Something else to put on the list to learn.

Hi, One of my learning objectives this year is queen rearing and I have got an apidea. I understand how to fill it, add the QC etc and have worked out my method. What I am unsure of is how I will get the queen from there into a queenless hive. I have a snelgrove board so am thinking I could...

A house in our village had 4 last year. I picked up the middle two. The last one was too high up for me. There are beehives about 2 metres from her boundary from a neighbouring beekeeper but I don't think they were his.

We talk lots about changing brood frames but some of my super frames are starting to look a little discoloured. Do people just melt them down as a when they look at bit past their best? I'm in my 5th year now.

I was just in the shed making a few frames when a queen wasp flew in and squeezed herself into one of the lids I have in my stack. When she flew out later I found a small nest with wiggling larvae. It is now on the lawn and I am in the kitchen having a cup of tea keeping my head down.

There is a hive about 6 feet away from the edge of a busy path in Wicken Fen a National Trust place near us. I'm always amazed that someone put it so close. I always stop and watch them. I've never seen it inspected, always has two supers and the bees don't seem aggressive at all. It's a...

Retrieved my hive tool which I had left under the QE on my biggest hive. They also lost their roof because I hadn't strapped them down. There was insulation over the holes in the crown board but I think they were a little bit damp. My largest colony though they were ok but another couple of...