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Last week, was dry & sunny here and I've never seen the bees so busy, from dawn to dusk, presumably working the (not terribly plentiful) sycamore and the tail end of the dandelions. Weekend rain brought the hawthorn into bloom from Saturday onwards the hedgerows (of which there are plenty) are...

I understand and totally agreed that needless imports should be avoided, but I was unsure whether the buckfasts available in Ireland were of decent quality, rather than just stripey mongrels being passed off as something else. ( although, I suppose you could argue that a stripey mongrel is...

Apologies - perhaps I'm building up a picture based on comments from local keepers, focused through the lens of (dare I say it) vitriol which is sometimes on display in these pages when this subjest is discussed, and have formed an overly dramatic view of the situation. It's probably true to...

Aha...! We seem to have extracted a confession :rolleyes: So, can you give me any actual names ? Googling the issue points one in the direction of Sligo (stopping off at the ballroom of romance on the way.....) Is that a good solution, or can similar results be obtained closer to home ?

At least that's what seems to happen to anyone here in Ireland who is bold enough to countenance crossing over to the dark (buckfast) side........ I'm in my second full season with bees but since my 'large' amm. colony re-queened themselves last summer (gaining some stripey jerseys in the...

Eagerness to get my grubby hands on their honey isn't the issue - I'm just concerned that this super is essentially full and that the lack of available storage space for incoming nectar will lead to problems. I guess they could fill up brood comb below, but isn't it a bit early to start...

Ok, understood. Thanks for the advice.

I had planned to store the full frames and extract them all in one sitting, later in the season. If my frames are indeed cured, but uncapped, will they keep until say, late august and if so, how should I store them ?

My 'big' colony, which resides in a poly MD brood box, had their (only) super more or less filled about four weeks ago - I was primed to start swapping out capped frames for new frames of foundation ( this is my first hive and I own only one super at this stage) but now, four weeks later, still...

Ok folks, thanks for the input - it looks like the consensus is that unless they really look to be in trouble (which they don't), leave well alone for a couple of weeks. I've established that the queen cell was definitely vacated yesterday (it was brought from another colony and hung between two...

I'm in my first full year of beekeeping and since my first colony, which I received in the autumn, have wintered well and now buit up strongly, I'm trying to make some increase. I've made up a nuc with a couple of frames of brood and one of stores, and given them a queen cell, which has hatched...