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  1. M

    Ebay

    You can buy stick insects on ebay so why not bees
  2. M

    super emptyin

    So I will have to feed them then
  3. M

    super emptyin

    It wasn't an A/S The old queen which was marked and clipped could no longer be found (she was always easy to find) thought they had tried to swarm and came back as she was clipped and non flyer.So allowed a new queen to hatch 2nd June inspected and super was starting to be capped 10th June...
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    super emptyin

    On my last inspection just over a week ago I had a super almost full of honey which they had started to cap . This week they have nearly emptied it and there is pollen in a lot of the cells ?? whats happening . I know I have a virgin queen about 3 weeks ago no sign of eggs yet.
  5. M

    empty queen cells

    On making my inspection I have found sealed queen cells and removed some , on removal I discovered they were completely empty just a hollow shell What has happened ?? They are defiantly sealed cells
  6. M

    Queen Cells

    previous inspection was 8 days previous usually do seven but had a really wet day I didn't mean they haven't swarmed meant to say assumed they hadn't swarmed there is a alot of bees there 10 seams in brood box and a full super have placed another super on
  7. M

    Queen Cells

    On my inspection I found 6 sealed queen cells so removed all but one, another one which I left the end was chewed it wasn't an unsealed cell there was a ragged look to it ,does this mean that one queen has already emerged. The old queen was marked and clipped and couldn't find her there are...
  8. M

    Genetics

    Thank you now I can understand :thanks:
  9. M

    Genetics

    I am getting confused people say that when bees get aggresive it due to the genes of the queen and her offspring , also it is said it is due to an ageing queen whos pheromone levels are depliating. Having done plant breeding that involves genetics I can understand the pheromone levels causing...
  10. M

    behaer change

    Will a nuculus box do and can i leave them to raise there own queen or do I buy one in
  11. M

    behaer change

    I am only into my second season and now with three hives the first one I had last year was well behaved are now acting differnt, I keep them in a neighbours 3 acre field which has a shed for storage of my bee equipment approx 100+ yards from the hive and some of the bees follow me back to the...
  12. M

    Galvanised metal roof sheet

    Try Fragile planet he sells reclaimed aluminium sheet at about £2.50 +p&p They are printers sheet so may have some images on them but usually only on one side
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