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hello everyone, Just got home from uni (finished now so can focus more on bees) and my dad had caught two swarms and hived them both (separate hives). They are from hives that were AS'd late April so are cast swarms and quite small, covering 2/3 frames. Both queens are laying well with BIAS but...

Just been down the m5 to collect a new hive (bb only) full of bees off a friend. placed them in the garden a few metres away from my existing hive and removed all tape/foam sealing them up. They appear to be happily flying about exploring. Should I be on the look out for anything at this point...

hi all, I've just taken over my dads two hives as he hasn't the time to look after them and i've just finished university so have all the time in the world. got some useful info off the forum already and hopefully the bees will survive for a year with me in charge! Ben

hi everyone, just taken over looking after my dads bees as he doesnt have the time to manage them properly. Only one hive was surviving from winter so I did my first inspection yesterday and thought id write up what I saw/did on here. Opened the hive up (National-one brood box, no supers) and...