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Have shaken out a hive with laying workers about 100mts away. Replaced hive on original site. Can I now unite hive with a strong colony using the paper method? Opinions

have got a swarm on 7 frames in brood box which i have had for 10 days. Checked yesterday and could not find queen anywhere. eggs are present but more than one in a lot of cells. any advice.

can someone tell me how long it takes for a prime swarm queen to start laying again. In brood box with 3 drawn frames and some foundation

caught a swarm this morning in a poly nuc. all was ok but now they are all clustered over front of nuc. any ideas. thanks

found 2 queen cells yesterday. carried out demeree A/S. any thoughts?

anyone used mannlake products? wondering what they are like!

one of my hives swarmed today. managed to recover it in nuc box. inspected 4 out of 8 hive and not found any queen cells. will do other 4 tomorrow. stung on arse for my troubles. the joys:

a bit of advice please. how long should i feed an A/S for? there are 7 frames of foundation in hive

i have just got back my 2 nucs which now have mated queens in. i am going to put one in a national and the other am keeping in the nuc for a while as am not sure if my first hive has a mated queen in yet.(swarmed). my question is when putting the frames in the national do i fill with...

any beekeepers in lenham,kent that can collect a swarm?

any thoughts on what queen excluder you use. e.g.. metal or wooden framed wire. Any pluses or negatives to either.

The Government is warning Britons about a swarm of killer hornets from China that are a threat to the UK's fragile honey bee population. The deadly bees can eat up to 50 honey bees a day and are capable of wiping out their bee hives. Now, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...

Any thoughts on the use of swarm lure. Does it work or not?

hi. is it possible to get 2 cast swarms in 2 days. any feed back welcome .

can you tell me what is the water percentage needed to extract OSR. i have a refractor. thanks

after my hive swarmed yesterday. i have inspected today and found one capped queen cell on one frame and two on another frame one of which has a hinged end. any suggestions would be grateful. do not want a cast swarm.

my prolific queen swarmed yesterday, this was after adding a second brood box 3 weeks ago and a super 2weeks ago. had been checking for queen cells. managed to collect her in a poly nuc. all bees followed. after about 90 mins went to put some foundation in as on had two drawn comb in there and...

my prolific queen swarmed yesterday, this was after adding a second brood box 3 weeks ago and a super 2weeks ago. had been checking for queen cells. managed to collect her in a poly nuc. all bees followed. after about 90 mins went to put some foundation in as on had two drawn comb in there and...

After my first inspection last weekend, i found my brood chamber nearly full.There were stores and lots of capped brood. Was thinking of adding a second brood chamber to give the queen more space to lay. i got hive last year and split as was new. she is a very prolific layer. any thoughts.