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Hi all, At some point in time between the end of autumn and spring I want to relocate my hive between 60 and 70 metres/yards and would appreciate any advice on the subject.

Hi all, On Sunday afternoon I changed the Apilife Var strip in my hive (week 3). On Monday a large number of bees had decamped from the hive and taken up residence between the varroa board and the OMF of the hive. Basically the gap was crammed with bees. They were still there late into the...

I expect the answers obvious but then I am just a confused Newbie. So I have removed the top super and extracted a few pounds of honey which was a bonus as I wasn't expecting any in the first year. I now have the brood box with a QE on top and then the super full of winter feed honey for...

Hi all, Once honey has been extracted from a super how long should it be left in place on the hive for the bees to clean it up so that it can be stored dry? Thanks. Martin.

Hi All, Checked my hive this morning and my usually calm bees were quite aggressive. I checked the super which contained a number of frames containing uncapped honey cells and bees which were calm. Then began checking brood frames and these contained the usual including pollen stores, honey...

Hi All, I am completely new to beekeeping but am looking forward to it a great deal. I set up hive last week and collected the nucleus on Saturday. The bees are now in the hive which is located at the end of the garden amongst (but not directly under) a number of small fruit trees. I plan to...