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Hi, Just used this on my hives (first removing any supers). Just wondering how long I should leave it before I return the supers (partially full) to the hives? Many Thanks, Andy ProductLink - https://www.thorne.co.uk/health-feeding/pests-diseases/varroa/varroa-chemical/apibioxal-liquid.html

thank you.

Hi, Apologies if this has been asked a thousand times, I've searched but I find many conflicting answers. I'm about to receive a new nuc. It’s been suggested that I feed this with a 1:1 syrup. My interpretation is that this is 1:1 by weight, given that 1 litre of water weighs about a 1KG, so...

Hi, Quick question, got lots of jars of honey which I keep in the dining room, i.e. it never gets really cold. Thinking of moving them into the loft which will see more extremes in the temperature range, is this ok - I'd hate to spoil my surplus. Thanks PS I'm in Berkshire which is quite...

Thanks for all your replies, still not clear if this swarm prevention approach has worked... So my understanding is that you would leave the brood on the top of the hive, then as the young bees hatch you would remove the empty frames, whats happened by all accounts is there has been a flow and...

hi, i've hit on a problem. Following the application of the Demaree method the old brood chamber on top of my hives is now devoid of brood and jammed with stores. What is the best way to get this into supers? If i put a crownboard over the existing super and maybe then an eke, then place the...

Hi, After looking in my hives a few weeks back I hit what I read to be danger levels for swarming, i.e. brood on at least 8 frames and a noticeable increase in drones. For the first time I applied the Demaree Method. So, I took the brood box off and then placed another brood with foundation...

Ok thanks, these one's are pretty hard working to be honest, I think some of my others might be diabetic, given what they've accomplished so far.... :)

Hi, I have a hive with 2 very heavy supers, its usual for the bee's not to have capped the bottom 15% of the frames. I'm hopping to extract soon, next couple of weeks, should I extract these frames or leave them? Thanks.

Hi, I have a few hives, about half of them have a full super. Do people generally leave this on till the end of the season or should I extract it now ? I'm tempted to harvest now. If I do this how should I store it when its off the hive before extraction? Out of interest, roughly how many...

Hi, I have colony that has pretty much filled a national brood chamber, and 50% of a super. I want to start some Varroa treatment, looking at using Apiguard. My question is what do I do about the super? Do I leave it on because it’s just winter stores for the bees, or take the super off? If...

Hi, I recently carried out an inspection, pretty sure the highlighted bee in the picture is my queen, this time though it was not the green blob that attracted my attention but the white eyes? Not sure how to explain this? Has anybody else seen anything like this?

Cool thanks for clarifying, good to know what it is.

Hi, Found this thing lurking on my hive yesterday, any ideas what it is? Its about 3 times bigger than my bees..

Yeah I’ve been thinking about that, being a bit of a tech I was also considering the practicalities of a 'bee cam' of some form, find watching the bees far more interesting than some of the c**p that’s on TV... - still undecided on that front though

Hi, Well 3 weeks have passed now and on to my next inspection, previous inspections highlighted some incorrect procedures and a fairly light nuc. Having taken the advice on board my inspection today showed a marked improvement, appears to be allot more bees, queen is present, plenty of stores...

So what's the best, 1 litre to 500g ?

1 litre to 1 kg ( white granulated )

Yep will do

thanks, I've now changed them about, see how they get on now. (saw the queen and a whole frame of larvae which was encouraging) Yep I've been feeding them - they've been guzzling up buckets of the stuff