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Hi Everyone, This has been talked about and mentioned in other threads but we would like to make things official and let the forum know some details. A New National Event on the UK Beekeeping Calendar The Beekeeping Show is a brand-new, independent one-day trade show on the UK beekeeping...

Hi, I have tried heating some of my smaller hives however i am concerned i am heating to much. i sampled one hive a few weeks ago and it was no warmer then 4 in their. since heating it's now 19, following finamns information that i have looked at i used 7w heaters. is this to much with...

Hi, I have some swienty poly hives that are jumbo langstroth and was wondering about cutting them down to be standard langstroth height. Has anyone had experience with this?

If anyone is doing any unites in the next few days and has a queen spare could you message me. I had a silly accident when removing a feeder just the other day, if not then i can unite. DOH! Many thanks.

I was considering making up some Thymolated syrup using hivemakers recipe but was wondering if I was over doing it after using apiguard? Also do you treat with OA to or is that just to much ? Paul.

I was just wondering where you all extracted your honey? I have just been and bought a 24x9 container that has been lined out so I can get some space. Does anyone have any suggestions on anything I should fit it out with other than the usual extractor sinks heaters etc? I have some time...

Hi, I am a little confused as to what I can put on my label despite reading the required paperwork. Basically I would like to put the name on the label as "Happy Valley Honey" as this is what the village of bollington is known as locally. However I was concerned that if I take my bees to the...

Has anyone seen the bbka forum recently or not perhaps as you can logging unless your are a bbka member unless granted access by emailing. They seem to be granting access on an individual basis which seems weird they should just allow you to join. Plus it seems like really rubbish forum...

Hi, I am in need of three queens after some colonies have failed to raise their own. Does anyone have any for sale that will be ready shortly ? I am near macclesfield if that helps. Cheers, Paul.

I had a hive that I needed to get into today as I know they would have a queen hatching any day and that their would be more then the one cell as I have been unable to get to them. As I was going through I saw one virgin queen and just the one other sealed queen cell. So I removed the sealed...

Will this stuff set at all? I have a colony that has been fed on this before winter and has a few frames of solid store. I didn't want to chance supering them with any of this left in the brood box incase it ended up in the super. Many thanks.

As the title says a few pictures of my girls on the gorse this weekend just gone. Honeybees on gorse. by Paul Beardmore, on Flickr Honeybees on gorse. by Paul Beardmore, on Flickr

I attended Stockport bka not to long ago and the speaker mentioned about using air freshener for uniting colonies. Unfortunately I didn't get to ask him anymore derail about this but has anyone else used this method before? If what do you use and how much? It sounds interesting. He used it as...

I have a colony that I have just had to put into a nuc box as they lost so many bees due to acrine. They seem to be doing better nearly a week on and the walking/dying bees have stopped. I guess this could be because the last infected bees are now dead. However they were all young bees so my...

Has anyone successfully tracked bees back to their hive? I lost a few swarms this year and have since moved all my hives from where the swarms were lost. I am almost sure that I am the only beekeeper close enough to where I have seen the bees so they must have setup some where but it would be...

I got fed up of using a brush and all options on spraying seemed expensive but I tried with a spare schultz gun that we had and it worked like a dream. I just need to turn them over and they are done.

Has anyone else ever had a bumble bee on the comb with the rest if the bees? When I ousted the nee it promptly flew straight back into the entrance at the front.

Hi, I have just checked my hives today and most are doing fine bar one which seems to have suffered over the last week. Last week when I checked they had enough stores to last them a short while but today they had none. And their was also dead brood everywhere and no queen to be seen. I...

I know this was discussed the other day a little but I was wondering if anyone had a contact not to far from the Macclesfield area that has a nice Heather moor for two hives. Many thanks.

Hi, As i mentioned a few days ago i had given plastic frames a go and used some old foundation i had and melted that down to wax the frames however the bees seem to really like it and i need to do some more. Does anyone have a source for some nice wax at reasonable prices ? Paul.