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I could see quite a few flying over the fence round my apiary yesterday evening,so I looked in and there were what seemed like hundreds of em buzzing round both hives and crawling up the front,a lot of them had yellow pollen on,they seemed to struggling to find the reduced entrance,an hour later...

otleybee,your not a retired joiner that used to work at airedale hospital are you?

when I went fishing this morning,I passed an apiary on my way to the river,is it anyones who is on the forum? Its at cowthorpe near wetherby (7 hives).

the varroa board is made of wood with white gloss,yes I am feeding at the moment,

I am getting a lot of condensation dripping from inside the hive onto the varroa board,I have a dummy board in,and an insulated roof,will it stop when I removed the varroa board after I've finished treatment and there is a bit more ventilation through the OM floor?

what??

12 inches as a rule,bum bum

I removed a sealed queen cell last saturday,if I had left it to hatch would the queen have been mated so late on,with the weather being so mild?

as anyone got any photos of wax moths?

and far away

brilliant video,would love to see that.

a bee with no sting!!yes the neighbours can't get stung and complain,no,bees without stings arn't bees

yes!is it better to put the super under,or above the brood box?

heavy yellow pollen on my bees at the moment.

she's a very dark queen,is there a bit of robbing going on in that picture?,some of the bees are very light coloured.

When I went to put the second apiguard tray in today the eke is being filled with comb and filled with honey(the crown board and the eke were joined together)there are 3,1/2 brood frames that haven't been drawn out yet,I have heard that foundation loses its smell after a while and bees are...

I had two sealed queen cells on tuesday evening when I checked,they were very small(poor quality),I removed them.

they are still returning covered in white pollen,even when its raining

Are these pictures taken in cumbria?I'm in west yorkshire and I have never seen anything like them!.