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Anyone imported any Italian bees recently? You might want to have a look at the NBU website.

I guess your queen is down there, under the OMF. I had one do that a couple of seasons back. Returned from a mating flight and the bees set up shop under the hive. You will need to dismantle the hive, see what is going on and try and retrieve the Q and put her into the main brood body.

What's the problem? I was in £hornes in Stockbridge (again!) yesterday and Lin had shelves full of foundation.

Hampshire - acid soil? Have you any idea how much chalk we have around here! :nature-smiley-014::nature-smiley-014:

That is the one; the same, but different. I also appear to have had a "serious" spelling failure as well!

How can you vouch for the continuity of the colony? What if they have died out and been reoccupied by a swarm? This may have happened several times. It's the "Trigger's brush" argument. Great if it true, but I have series doubts about the stated longevity of the parent colony.

:iagree: Especially the bit about not telling SWMBO!

:iagree: I was in Lin's at Stockbridge today. The shelves all looked very "Old Mother Hubbard".

Thank you. Another useful idea gets tucked away for future use!

I used MAQS last August, on 6 stocks. There was a definite 3 or 4 day break in egg production, but things went back to normal straight after that. There were no supercedures (queens were marked and clipped and are still the same now).

Hello from Andover. Nice and sunny here, after a cool foggy start. :sunning:

Had a chat with our RBI today. This was definitely not on his radar.

I make up my frames in advance, usually over the winter, and fit the foundation just before I think it will be needed. This works, as long as you have remembered to buy the foundation, so it is ready to fit!

:eek: commando? as in "no under-pants!!"

Hornet traps were handed out at our association meeting in December. A joint FERA RBI/Hampshire BKA project. My bees are very close to a Hampshire airfield. It is regarded as a higher risk area; a point of entry, rather like a port such as Southampton. Hence I was given one of the traps (as...

Hung up a hornet trap. Moved my polyhive 3' to the NE - only 6' to go, so almost there.

It should be replaced with Himalayan balsam whenever possible!

Hefted 4 hives. All ok for weight. Bees came out of all 4 to see what was going on.