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But the colony wasn't anywhere near what you'd consider full to begin with is my point, I saw it more as queen wasn't living upto her duty especially being such a latecomer last year so colony take matters into their own hands and do away

But surely swarming would have resulted in the number of bees in the hive being considerably less? As for not having a number of supers ready I didn't want to spend a lot of money on something I wouldn't need if the colony died off as I wouldn't be replacing them.

Apologies for the length of this but need to get all the history in! So last summer (late August) I got a nuc off a friend who had to get rid, wasn't expecting any honey just building up into a full hive. I went to check one week in late September and the queen was nowhere to be seen but...

I did an inspection last week when it was warm and I'm glad I did. I took off the block of fondant I put on at the start of winter and also noticed the floor had a huge build up of dead bees so today whilst it was very warm I lifted the hive off the floor and cleaned it all out. There ended up...

If I go for a new poly hive it'll be the old style but with the newer floor (you can request that instead of the old one) as apparently the varoa tray and mesh at the bottom is better in the new version? I also don't really need an enormous landing board. The only thing that annoys me with...

Are you still looking for some bees? I have a small hive I'm looking to move on as I don't have the time and money to invest in it this year I'm afraid.

Yeah I like the old version with the deep roof but also like the slimline roof version with the better crownboard. But also the newer floor with the slimline version is supposed to have a better varroa tray setup. Will probably go for the slim roof setup, it's over £100 for a couple of supers...

I've just actually looked at the Abelo stuff and for what I was looking at for a couple of supers and some frames/foundation I could spend a little more and get a full hive so i may just go down that route now

This could be a long one so feel free to skip to the bottom! Basically I got a NUC off a friend last Summer (mid July), swapped into a National hive and it ended up re-queening at the end of September. As a result the brood never got strong enough to fill the hive and it was touch and go...

I think that's what I'll be doing, considerably closer to home!

Nearly, I'm in Chapel-en-le-Frith

Well I never did get started this year due to a number of things but I'm planning on trying next year. Ordered my own copy of the Haynes Bee Manual last night so I can read it and refresh my memory and I've decided that when it gets time to sort some hives I'm going to get some Nationals from...

Part 1 is in the schedule for Tuesday 15th July 8pm

If I get a flat pack National I can always get it with a 14x12 from the start. Last but not least, any recommendations for where to order a nuc from? I assume it will be a collection only job so preferably somewhere relatively close to Buxton would be best though beggars can't be choosers!

Sound advice, will look at nationals as I see Langstroth nucs are more expensive anyhow. Probably get snowballed with this one but can anyone advise on some decent straightforward plans for National hives? I'm hoping to get some built up soonish so I can get an order in for some nucs to get...

Hey all, just found this forum so thought I'd sign up! I'm all set to build a couple of Langstroth hives to get me started next year and will be joining the local beekeeping association to get some advice. My boss got me into it after he told me about his dad and the hives he has so I thought...