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At present wasps are going to my traps that have protein bait, but ignoring the traps with sugar, fruit, or beer in.

Bees can be imported as long as they have been heat treated

Just popped a jar in the freezer to see what happens.

Once your new Queen has mated you will have a perfect 'Swarm' colony to donate to a new beekeeper.

Our garden was visited my a swarm of bees this afternoon. They made straight for the bait hive, so must have checked it out earlier. It is an 8 frame box with 7 frames of starter strips and 1 old brood frame. All the bees made it inside, but it won't surprise me if there is some bearding on the...

How long have these bees been like this?

I had the same problem and ended up getting rid of the Hive. I replaced it with the regular abelo hive. I did take the time to feedback to abelo my concern, and my interest in replacing it with one of their other Poly hives. This resulted in a 10% discount so feedback is worthwhile. I now have...

If you have a colony with a Drone laying Queen then it's worth changing her for the Queen in the dwindling colony. Maybe remove the drone layer and combine the two colonies.

That's why I suggested that the Bee keeper tell them what hives to get :D

It sounds like you could have a suitable site for an apiary there. You may want to suggest putting your own hives there and selling the honey to them at a reasonable rate. I am sure they will add a suitable mark up on the price. Honey for wedding favours goes a long way as you usually use very...

If I saw a bait hive that appeared deliberately placed to catch a swarm from my hives I may be tempted to place something near it that would put the bees off, such as peppermint to mask any swarm attractant. I definitely wouldn't touch someone else's property

It was a nice sunny day here today. Still only 12°c in the shade. Not long now. Sadly I have heard lots of reports of local beekeepers losing bees or Queens this year. So am even more eager to do some proper inspections This hobby really does teach patience

I Believe It's not the bees that are insured, just any infected equipment that the Bee Inspector destroys

It looks like the outer frame is undrawn foundation?

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Definitely

I once kept Bees in a shed on the allotment. Not for long though, as I soon realised I couldn't see what I was doing due to reduced light.

No I have never removed the attendants either. I try to handle the cage as little as possible

I spent a nice half hour watching my Bees today. It's still too cold to open the hives without causing harm so I made do with watching the entrance. They appeared very busy. Lots of pollen being collected. They showed no interest in me even though I was standing next to the hive. And sounded...

Honey is probably more interesting and valuable than money.