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I am posting this on behalf of a local company who have four beehives at their premises in Camberley, Surrey. They are looking for an experienced beekeeper to manage the hives and carry out the following: 1. Maintain the hives, including a weekly visit in the main season, monthly during winter...

Hi everyone, I have an issue with one of my hives I'd appreciate your views on please. On 1 Sept I noticed there was only sealed brood, no eggs or larva. I didn't see the queen so added a frame of eggs and brood from another colony. When I checked six days later, there were no queen cells...

Hi everyone, I've had some super frames stored in my utility room for a few weeks, waiting to have Heather honey pressed out. Today, whilst pressing out the honey I noticed a couple of frames had evidence of wax moth and eggs. I've put these frames to one side and have cut out the obviously...

Hi everyone, Would be really grateful for your views on whether my plans are mad, stupid or may just have a feint chance of success please! Situation is this: We have a queenless hive. The bees were very aggressive and so we removed the queen on 27 May and subsequently put in a frame of brood...

Hi everyone, First full year this year and have three hives. I did do the course at our local association and have a mentor but he is currently in hospital so feeling a little on my own at present. Been reading lots of threads on here and as such decided to move the half full super left on...

Hi, We are new to beekeeping and acquired a nucleus of bees in late June. We are learning fast, but not fast enough... and have a few concerns which we would be very grateful for any input and advice on: 1. We cant find the queen, though there are lots of larvae, so we think she must be...