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Hi all. Due to family problems I am going to re home my bees. Some will be in poly nucs which I am going to sell. I have been asked If I can send them in the post. What is the best way to make them safe to be sent.

Hi. If I have a hive that doesn't have a queen or day old eggs could I get a frame, from another hive, with some day old eggs in and put it in the queenless hive would the bees bring on another queen?

Waht type of hornet is this? I found it in my conservatory .

Hi all. My bees have wintered with a national brood box at the bottom and an OSB box on top.I now want to get them out of the OSB and into the Nat. brood box. I assume that I should swap the boxes over so the OSB is under the Nat. brood box so they should move up into the nat. box? Am I correct ?

Hi all. My wife wants to get me a flow hive for Christmas but would it be ok for the bees as I have heard that it is made of plastic and it may upset the natural flow in the hive? Any ideas before I give my wife the go ahead!!

Hi all, again. Just a quickie .......... Do I give my bees 4 or 5 oxalic acid treatments via my vaporizer?

Hi all. Yes!! Its me again. On the next sunny day I am going to take my supers off and spin the honey off. I have 4 hives with 3 full supers on and 4 , this year's hives, with 1 super on. The question is......do I return the empty supers or not?

I am getting ready to make some labels up for my honey and something came to mind. How can I guarantee that my bees haven't found some peanut plants? Either in a garden, greenhouse or polytunnel, within the 3 miles radius from my apiary. Should I keep to the safe side and put "May Contain Nuts"...

It's me again. I picked up a virgin queen swarm, a few days ago. I put it in an empty hive with 1:1 feed and I have spotted, today, bees bringing in pollen. Am I right to think that the queen has been mated, and now laying.

Hi, again. I have just filtered my wax, through a 5 micro filter sock and got very clean. The problem is.......how do I clean the filter!!:hairpull:

Hi All. Just caught a swarm from my apiary so can I put it back in an empty hive or nuc or do I have to take it 3 miles away?:hairpull:

Hi all. I am wondering if I am going to trap a swam as, today, 20-30 bees have been in and out of my trap and they have, also, enlarged the enterance as it was a bit small. Could this mean that the bees were getting the trap ready for the queen?

Am I right by saying that drones can't get through Queen excluder's

Just spotted drowns out flying from 2 of my hives. Does this prelude swarming:hairpull:

Hi my friends, again!! Do I take out the inspection board out, for the winter? I have seen various ideas about leaving it in and taking it out:ohthedrama:

Hi my friends. I need a bit of advice. I have Neopall and Fondabee to feed to my bees, this winter. When should I feed them? Should I wait until the hive's start loosing weight or put the feed in now?

Hi all. Thinking about my winter work and I would like to know if poly hives are better or equal to cedar hives and, will the poly hives need waterproofing ? I can make the roof's and bases to fit poly box's.

Hi my friends. I need some advice on when to treat my bees with Oxalic Acid via a vaporiser. I was going to do it today but the bees are busy. Should I leave it to later, when they are all in the hives or is ok now?

I am thinking about setting a wasp trap, away from my apiary, and it uses beer to attract the wasps so will this attract bees? All advice welcome. :hairpull:

Hi all, It's me again. I have a very busy queen that can lay for England, She is clipped and swarmed twice. Both times I picked her up from the landing strip, with lots of her bees, and put them in an empty hive with brood and stores. In the hive she came from were 4 queen cells . I removed all...