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hi guys/girls. I have national beehives but someone bought/gave me a new langstroth hive. It looks great and I want to use it but how do I do a split from my nationals to the new langstroth. I know how to do a split but what I mean is,how to I get them to fit in the different size...

when is it to late in the year to bring on a new queen ....ie....taking a frame of eggs and to a queenless colony/nuc box and letting them make there own queen,,would she still get mated at this time of year ?,just curious

can I use a golf trolley sealed gel battery for vapourizng for one hive,,,,the battery is 12v,,20ah

one of my hives (in the last two weeks) has become very aggressive. The bees just seem to attack in force. they even follow us back to the car and stay with us for a bit of a time. Now I'm aware how to deal with requeening but I just don't want to rush into anything to quickly if there is anyway...

just a little interested in how many beekeepers use one brood box or two brood boxes or 14x12......does anyone use just one standard brood box and if so,,,does this work well ?

whats the best smoker fuel and the best way to get it started,,I've just been using rolled up cardboard this whole season but I feel it doesn't last long enough and feels slightly hot. I know its supposed to be cool smoke. would love to hear all thoughts

when does a queen stop laying or slow down laying , I mean what month?. is it earlier when having a poor summer or what ?

a few question about nucs since a lot of beekeeper tend to quote them when replying in the forum.... 1. why a nuc rather than a full size hive?. 2. are they more inclined to swarm(being that they are small spaced)?. 3,do you get a honey harvest ?.....all points of view are most welcome and...

Sorry people but here I go again. I was watching a video on Youtube and the beekeeping was moving his bees from a wooden hive to a poly hive. The hive was the same one I have. I notice he had the frames running across the way rather than running towards the entrance. Does this make any...

I know this is a well used thread topic but as a new beekeeper. I was wondering if anyone else has purchase a maisemore poly hive. I have purchased two of them and find them great value for money. Also great workable hives. Both of the hives have bees on every frame(10x 12by14). Am I being...

Just did a hive inspection and notice for the first time that some of my worker bees have turned a rusty brown colour. This is only in one of my hives. The hive has a recently introduced queen(about 3weeks ago). Can the queen affect the colour of my colony or is something else going on.

Just wondered about peoples thoughts about using or not using a queen excluder. As a new beekeeper with doubts about everything lol. I have heard using a queen excluder is bad for the bees, it damages there wings and shortens there life. I have also read that lots of the workers can't or won't...

Just wondered about peoples thoughts about using or not using a queen excluder. As a new beekeeper with doubts about everything lol. I have heard using a queen excluder is bad for the bees, it damages there wings and shortens there life. I have also read that lots of the workers can't or won't...

I have two hives but at the moment only bees in one. The one that the bees are in is a standard bs brood box. The empty hive is a poly hive with 14x12 brood box. I am nowhere near ready to split yet but when the time comes,,what is the best way to do it,,,laymans terms please,,im a newby

As a new beekeeper who has just recently collected and installed a 5 frame nuc. The first thing that struck me was how small honeybees are. My question is,,,are all honey bees the same size, I mean british,,European,usa etc,,, Silly question but just curious

As a new beekeeping who has recently picked up and installed a nuc. The first thing that struck me was how small the honeybees were. That got me thinking,,,are all honeybees the same size from area to area and species to species. I mean the british bees to the continental bees to the American...

hi all,i have read up and watched every youtube video as I can about beekeeping. I have been interested for several years but never done anything about it. Now I have decided to take the leap. I am now in the process of buying all the equipment. have recently purchased a new national hive and...