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    Nicot cupkit failure

    Hi all, tried the cupkit last year. queen laid it up nicely but when she is released, the bees cleared out all the eggs. I thought this was due to a lack of flow and vowed to try again this year. tried 3 times this year. first time, exactly the same happened. second time, I had some larvae at...
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    lizards

    I saw at least 6 lizards sunbathing in between my apideas today. Beautiful sight but it makes me wonder: Do they prey on honey bees as well?
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    Cbpv

    Have 2 hives with suspected Paralysis Virus. 1 has plenty of hairless bees but is still going strong with a minimum of dead bees on the OMF. the other had hundreds of them piled up on the OMF but has no naked or trembling bees. I added a 14x12 on both of them with foundations to reduce...
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    emergency queen cells and swarming

    I tried to requeen an aggressive hive with one of my first home grown and mated queens. As beekeeping revolves around my busy life I only took 24h before I took the tab out of the cage and they killed her unfortunately. As it was a very big colony, they raised an enormous amount of emergency...
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    swarming or supercedure

    I saw a queen cell with an egg in this weekend so checked how they got on with it yesterday. I found 2 charged QC, elongated but not capped. 1 was on the face of the comb and 1 on the side. there were no further charged cups. the colony is a hived swarm from about 2 months ago. they have drawn...
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    Hornet bait

    can anyone give me a recipe for an effective bait in the hornet traps this time of year?
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    Simon the beekeeper testimony

    When they get it right we should also mention it. received 100 sheets of foundation. Postman had been a bit rough with them. Sent a picture to Simon the beekeeper and an offer to replace or refund was given without hassle. Thanks Simon (or in this case Lisa who dealt with it).
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    set honey question

    I made a batch of "soft set" this year and somethings went not quite right with it. I added 10% soft set to my clear honey after I warmed it for a couple of hours to around 40C and and jarred up after mixing. the jars were kept outside (this was at the beginning of september when night...
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    set honey question

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    flow still on? uncapped honey in supers

    I went to harvest the last crop yesterday only to find that half of the supers were still mostly uncapped. Upon the shake test, a few drops fell out. sorted out the completely capped frames from the partially capped ones but am still left with 7 supers on the hives very heavy with honey/nectar...
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    CBPV hive, what to do?

    one of my hives has clearly some bees that suffer from the symptoms. shiny and sluggish. the hive itself is still strong going with a full 14x12 and even filled 3/4 of a super. I am not keen on trying to overwinter it as I have seen what the likely outcome is. A slow and frustrating dwindling of...
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    May have lost a queen...

    I checked a hive that raised a new queen recently. there were eggs and I spotted the queen so decided to mark her. When I let her out of the plunger cage, she took off! I caught her in the grass nearby and put her on top of the frames. she took off again and flew under my arm and away. lost...
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    too late to move?

    the farm where I keep my bees is planning to build some holiday lets where my hives are and is in planning permission phase. there is the off chance they start the project this year. my bees are flying and collecting pollen but very cold weather expected this week. should I take the chance of...
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    Hornet!

    Just as I arrived, a huge hornet crawled under one of my hives yesterday. I went down on all fours and studied the thing. it was too dark to define the species but I assume it was a european one. this is the first one I see in the uk and it was a lot bigger than the ones I have seen before in...
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    hive in limbo?

    This hive is giving me headaches. some history: after treating with Maqs queen went of lay and bees made supersedure cells. after a lot of faffing and doing the wrong things (making nuc with the failing queen that absconded but went back in the mother hive) the hive is in continuus supersedure...
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    conbining question againg

    I have now 5 strong colonies that are all doing very well but I want to end up with 2 hives again. I have 3 genetic strains of which 2 have a daughter hives from an AS earlier this year. 1 is extremely docile, sitting on the comb without moving but swarmed faster than I could keep up with. the...
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    Stand up!

    thanks for that! really amusing. alternetive career?
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    Stand up!

    thanks for that! really amusing. alternative career?
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    simon the beekeeper

    Good service needs to be mentioned too. Bought 2 honey gates a couple of weeks back from the above internet shop. Harvested this weekend and both leaked. a simple email to the seller and got an instant refund without further questions asked. Well that is what I call a great service...
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    Cut Comb timing

    Hi all, I had to move a hive this weekend so took some supers off to make it lighter. I singled out 4 frames to make cut comb but plan only to sell it in October. I noticed that my runny honey forms cristals after about 6 months. would it be best to leave the combs in the hive untill needed...
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