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You're quite right oliver90owner and I decided not to combine at that time for that very reason! The seemingly Q- colony did indeed have a Q, who is now laying and marked. The colonies are still to be combined as I want to reduce the number of colonies but at least I should now be able to...

Thanks very much for your comments, I'll shall combine tomorrow as planned. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi All, I have two colonies I would like to combine. A weak, seemingly Q- colony, and an expanding colony created from a split of a very good queen. I'm planning to use the newspaper method to combine. All the info I've read says for the weaker colony to go on top of the stronger. However...

Thanks all for the very useful advice, much appreciated.

Hi, I've been keeping bees for a couple of years and have been lucky enough to have never faced a queen cell. However today that changed! The colony in question is on a brood and a half with a super being worked above a QE. The brood is spread across 5 frames and is across both boxes. There...

Good tips dexter's shed and Wessexmario, thank you!

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I created a steam wax extractor from a plastic box and an old wallpaper stripper with the box top held on tightly with a couple of rachet straps - cost about £20 all in. I would be really interested in any recommendations about the best fine mesh bags to use though.....

For those who missed it - it's repeated Saturday 16:25 bbc2. I'm a newbee this year and found it fascinating!