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Werbo I have sent you a pm with my number

Yes the nuc is still for sale, as beefriendly points out I can't prove the lineage but they are very dark in colour and look different to most of the mongrels you see at other hives... They were originally a swarm I lured into a hive last year and this is a nuc I've made up from them this year...

Hi I have one British black bee nuc for sale on 5 14x12 Hoffman frames. The nuc is a 14x12 plywood nuc purchased from C Wynne Jones for £50. The bees are very gentle and easy to handle and the queen is an unmarked 2017 open reared F1 hybrid. I would like £150 for the nuc... I've also got a...

Hi, just enquiring if anyone has any over wintered Nucs, I managed to lure a swarm of very gentle highly productive black bees last year and would like to set up another hive next to it also with black bees so the strain is not diluted to much. I'm also trying to get hold of some bees for a...

I'm currently introducing a new mated queen to one of my queenless colonies which has had a laying worker or drone laying queen inhabiting it. Today I took the brood body 100m away and shook off all the bees from the frames. I then placed most of the empty frames back in the hive, there were no...

Thanks for the advice Just wanted to say thanks for the advice. I've cut a small section of unsealed brood from one of my other hives and inserted into one of the dadant brood frames. I'll have a look to see what the outcome is next weekend...bee-smillie

My oldest hive went through supercedure 3 weeks ago, the virgin queen successfully mated, judging by the bees behaviour which mirrored a virgin flight. It was also warm 20 degrees for 1 week after queen hatched. As varroa was high on this hive for this time of year even after treating with...

Yes griffo hope all is well

Another week and the bees will be in a much better place. Mine are located near the river dee, so I will have a quick loop and see how the willows / damsons are progressing...

Will visit my hives this morning and hoping that the blackthorn is beginning to flower... bee-smillie

I really don't need any. But can't resist a cheap fruit tree so will pop in on the way to work! :hurray:

I had exactly the same issue with 2 WBC flat pack kits bought from eBay. All cedar except for the roof halves which separated into 30 sodden layers. I have recently fixed both, the beauty is, because the roof panels are so wet, the sections all come apart very easily and after cutting new...

I've got a standard thornes national brood with drawn frames, as I swapped from standard to 14 x 12 last year. I visit my friend at Mold on Tuesday 7pm if interested. Cheers, Carl

Thanks Craig Mine have been on the balsam now for about a month. It took them a while to switch from bramble.

Thanks some great advice So you don't need to feed them much sugar syrup with all the balsam?

Thanks Craig will look into it.... Just wondering how much sugar I will probably need to feed each hive after the balsam crop. The rate they are bringing in now. Probably not that much!

Thanks Cazza apiguard removed My bees are all over the balsam maybe I should have waited til next week before taking the honeybee-smilliebee-smilliebee-smillie. I wonder how to get the max. Honey yield, treat with apiguard and autumn feed or perhaps hardly any autumn feeding is needed if close...

Hi - I've just added another apiguard treatment to my bees after 1 week. Most of the original treatment has nearly gone but I've left it in the hives with the new treatment. Worried As I should really have left it 2 weeks before adding second dose. My quandary is should I remove the newly added...

I'll give that a try!

Thanks