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Does anyone know of any information that would help with Organising a Honey Show?

If a hive has tested as high nosema how long do the spores stay active on the comb? Will I need to destroy the comb in the supers?

Been keeping bees for a number of years now and have never had honey as dark as I've had this year. Do you think the recent heat wave is having an effect on the forage in my area. The dark honey has come from 3 of my apiarys.

I have been set the task of managing an apiary this year and have situation that I didn't think at all about dealing with. We have been testing for disease and Nosema is present in a number of hives at high levels. My question is what do I do? The bees look healthy, no crawling bees in front of...

Why would a queenless hive not build queen cells when given a frame of eggs?

What does the term 'stylised flight' mean when referring to a queen mating flight.

Interested to what method others use for cleaning there poly boxes? Tried different things but not really found one that makes the job very easy.

Had a phone call from a fellow beekeeper today explaining that he had about 300 bees dead at the front of his hive and possible faeces on the landing board. This indicates nosema but isn't this usually something that appears in the spring when the bees are coming out of winter not now. Two weeks...

Inspected my bees today - while getting ready to inspect a hive appeared to swarm and settle in a tree about 15 feet up. Gave them time to settle and inspected the other hives. As I was finishing the inspections I noticed a large number of bees on the front of another hive (a hive that was...

Just interested to know opinions on positioning bait boxes - is there a best place? direction? height? when to put them up? Going to use old brood comb in the box as bait.

How can I get rid of minute particles in my honey? Already filtered through course and fine stainless filters and tried very fine filter cloth but still has minute particles in it, any ideas please.

Anybody know if there is anywhere I can buy Western Red Cedar in the Manchester area Thanks Mark

Looking for ideas of how to go about finding an out apiary. Manchester is a very urban area but I know lots of forum members have apiaries in similar situations. I currently have a number of hives on an allotment but next year I would like to increase the number of hives. Any ideas much...

Help Watched one of my hives swarm earlier today. They have settled about 20' to 25' up an oak tree on an allotment. My dilemma is how to get them down. They are on the outer edge of the branches that wouldn't take the weight of a ladder and are out of reach any mechanism on the end of a pole...

Hi all Managed to put my first swarm in a nuc box last night and learnt from the experience never to use a nuc box with an OMF as all the bees that you don't get in the box gather on it. The question I want to ask is if the nuc box isn't 3 miles from the original site of the swarm are the bees...

Anybody watching BBC1 at the moment? The bees are rebelling.

Anybody seen this report - comments please. [url]http://-------.eu/innovation-effective-biological-varroa-mite-treatment/ bee time dot eu

Going to try this found it on Blackburn Bee Keepers site, opinions please. HOME MADE APIGUARD 100 grams Thymol crystals (handle with care - avoid skin contact) 200 grams PURA or other pure vegetable fat (no additives, preservatives or emulsifiers) 700 grams Castor Sugar (sufficient for about...

Possible out apiary available in Worsley Manchester, please PM me if you are interested and I will forward you a contact email.

I have some honey that is tainted with thymol - is it OK to feed this back to the bees?