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Did anyone else go? I got there about 08:40 and it was already mental! :hairpull: The queue went right around the inside of the marquee which made finding the bits I wanted.. interesting.:boxing_smiley: So after just 40 minutes they were already running out of some kit, Poly especially, I...

Hi all, I'm still learning regarding producing queen from Grafts but getting better at it, I discovered something at the weekend that I was surprised by. I set up two sets of 20 grafts from the same queen in different q- colonies, I ended up with 15 viable cells which I was happy with but one...

We had a weird one at the weekend, a cut out from a Portico over a door, they've been there since last year apparently. We opened it up to be greeted by quite calm bees and began the removal, all of the comb was filled with Nectar.. no brood at all! we decided that the brood nest must be within...

Well, after reading another thread here's my confession... I can vouch for 'classic' Supersedure cells not also being swarm cells, I had a failing queen (looked injured), they made three decent cells on the face of the comb, next time I went in failing queen had gone (not swarmed) and no eggs...

With now only five days to go I'm looking forward to the trip to Stoneleigh on Saturday, myself and my Brother will be going but just wondered who else will be making their way there and what they had on their wish list? I don't need much but no doubt I'll come home with a boot full :) on my...

Hi knowledgeable collective. I was wondering whether anyone had heard of a guy called Dale Brown, he says he works for BeeBase (NBU), BBKA and has been working abroad teaching beekeeping for five years. I only ask as he has some strange ideas regarding swarm control or the lack of which seem at...

Hi all, just a thought, I have had a search on the forum but didn't see anything specific. I was wondering whether anyone had experience of a cross between Ligustica and Mellifera? I have acquired a Ligustica queen and was wondering what her daughters would be like if they were inseminated...

I have just been inspected by the SBI, in this Apiary I have local mutts and a few Jon Getty amm queens, I was chatting with him and mentioned that the next few hives he was about to inspect were amm re-queened ones and that I was waiting to see how they turned out as the older workers were...

having been a bit out of action recently due to an Operation I finally managed to get some grafts done from one of my new amm queens. I did 20 got ten initially accepted but sadly one fell off, still, nine nice looking cells were taken off at the weekend, just got to wait and see now how many...

I was called by an old Lady yesterday as she had what seemed to be an airborne swarm in her garden, she couldn't see a cluster and was too fearful to go outside, I reasuured her and asked her to call back if they settled. Three hours later she called to say that they were still all over the...

Just received a call from the OH to tell me that there's a huge cloud of bees in the garden, thousands she said. while talking to her they've settled all over and around one of my bait hives. despite her negativity toward by hobby sometimes she's been quite good of late as she tipped me off...

When renewing my BBKA membership I made a point of not ticking the gift Aid box on the form, two reasons, 1. I didn't want to and 2. I think they get enough out of me without claiming from my tax. My Brother who is self employed and only works a couple of days a week as a handyman/gardener also...

I was reading a post on Book face this morning posted by someone regarding the issues with Beekeeping in very hot climate, with external temps around 100 degrees the answer they were all posting in reply was to drill extra holes in the hives in the higher levels and lift the crown board up. I...

Had a call about a swarm around 5 miles away on Sunday so off I went and returned with said swarm, a little while later my bait hive which has been say there with little interest had scouts wandering in and out of it (must be scouts from the Nuc still in swarm mode I thought) Monday while at...

Okay, so long story short I had two virgin queens from the same hive, one I have in a Nuc with a frame and some bees from the original hive which has mated and is now laying, the second came from the couple of cells left in the original hive after the original queen died (lots of stores and bees...

As per the title, got home from work this evening to a message about a swarm, turned out to be just a small cast but I boxed them into a Nuc and brought them home, the lady says she usually gets several in her garden per year so no doubt I'll be back there again. Also spotted quite a few scout...

Rather than spam someone else post I was just thinking what a lot of Queen issues there seem to be! I didn't make it but our club had Apiary meet last weekend but apparently three colonies Q+ but diminishing with BIAS but only small patches. Had a similar one myself a short while ago, I Was...

Hi all, A observed a scout bee checking the inside and outside of my bait hive this afternoon, do you think this may be indicative of a potential swarm arriving? Thought it may be too early yet? Thanks

Hi all, Just thinking things over as you do, after a good number of you lot saying your preferred swarm prevention was the Demaree method I did some reading up about it and also viewed a couple of quite informative YouTube videos, it was after watching one of the videos and mulling over the...

Visited a potential site for my bees to move to with enough room and forage in the area to add to the numbers, it's in a gap in what remains of a very old hedge, now just a short row of shrubby trees surrounded by a few acres of grassland with other crops and woodland bordering it, in winter...