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    Sold 2 x 5 Frame Nucs available CM23

    Two, 5 Frame Nucs headed by 2022 (Yellow) Paynes Buckfast Queens. Supplied in a Paynes Polynuc on British Standard National Frames, £190 each (£20 in advance £170 on collection) Ready for collection now from CM23 postcode. £20 refund if PolyNuc returned.
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    5 frame Nuc’s available May 2021, Bishops Stortford, marked 2020 Queen £195

    5 Nucs available £25 deposit for Spring 2021 (mid May delivery depending on weather) 5 Frame Nuc’s of Honey Bees With mated marked 2020 Home Bred Buckfast Queen. Very prolific and Calm. Bees will be on British Standard National frames inside a Brand New 5 Frame correx Nuc travel box (see...
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    Hive or Nuc Wanted for March

    Looking to purchase a Full Hive or Nuc in March for my fathers birthday (he has kept bees for many years but stopped) and now looking to restart. Must be in Hertfordshire - can pick up earlier They will be given a good home on his allotment Please private message me with pricing and...
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    Bees not hatching and dead in cells

    Hi All, I have a problem with one of my hives the new queen which is bred from a queen cell has laid a little but now stopped plus the eggs that she did lay are not hatching there I s no smell or gooey substance in cells so I am presuming it is varroa infestation and not foul brood but I have...
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    Bought in queen not laying after 3 weeks.

    As this is the first queen I have bought in is this normal ? Should I send her back ? Thanks in advance
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    With things starting earlier is now a good time to split?

    I am hoping to move from one to 2 hives by creating a Nuc from my strong colony 2 brood boxes - they can spare 2 frames of Brood and one of stores (is this enough, I don't wAnt to knock them back but worried if they swarm I will be in a pickle with no back up) there are drones in the strong hive...
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    Double brood but no drawn supers

    Hi All, I have a double brood hive next to an OSR field but have only just got my super sorted as had to wait for new frames to arrive since the old super frames were full of thymol tainted honey from last year. I had left on lots of stores but they have not taken any where near as much as I...
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    varroa treatment for polyhives

    Hi, trying to find a varroa treatment that's safe in polyhives and won't melt it. Apivar - no good will melt Polysytrene Apiguard - can not get an answer anywhere ? Any other suggestions would be appreciated Thank you Ale drinker
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    Should I split and requeen ?

    Hi All, would appreciate some opinions on this. This is my 3rd year with the same queen I started with (so she's 3 possibly 4) first year started in late May so I left all the honey for them to overwinter. But left too much so 2nd year they were incredibly lazy and the queen was slow to build...
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