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Is it necessary to have food hygiene certification if you sell honey via a local shop? Just wondering what would happen if there were to be any comeback from customers, or if the shop itself had a visit from the standards people? Is it possible they might trace back to the suppliers and swoop on...

Found swarm cells last week in one of my colonies, didn't have spare equipment for an AS, so I destroyed all QCs. Returned today, 6 days later, with necessary equipment and found no new QCs. Queen laying nicely, although low on stores. So no AS necessary. Have I got away with it, or will they...

I have a couple of colonies headed by new Carnica queens, laying well, plenty of space, but producing Queen cells in mid July. I know Carnicas are more prone to this, but wondering how others with Carnicas manage this continuous QC production (with associated swarm management methods) without...

I have 2 small sized swarms that were captured only 5 yards apart. I have placed them in separate nucs, but wondering if they are likely to be two parts of the same swarm? They appeared on the same day (Yesterday) in the Poor weather.

I have placed a swarm in a spare hive a few metres from its probable source. Is this a bad idea?

Does anybody have any experience of using a queen excluder at the hive entrance in order to prevent swarming? I presume it is not a good method as nobody seems to use it. Does it lead to a build up of young Virgin queens causing a menace to the old queen?

I have a Queenless nuc. It has 2 frames of supplies (pollen and capped honey), 1 frame of capped brood and another frame of larvae with some eggs. I am hoping that they produce their own queen from the eggs. What chance of success do you think I have, and what can I do to improve my chances?

I have a plan to increase my number of colonies early in the season. They are on double brood nationals. I plan to take one of the brood boxes to a new apiary site many miles away, leave a queen with stores in the original position, and add a new mated queen to the box in the new position. I...

Do they have second jobs or do they hibernate?

Hello. I'm new to this forum. I use a smartphone to view the posts, via the Interweb. I wondered if there is an app I can use to simplify matters?

New to this forum, but have already been beekeeping for a whilse. Just got a smart phone so can now log on to see what's up. Interested in the small hive beetle issue. Geb.