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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25236076 Any reason to pass the buck!

I'm wondering if anyone on here would be prepared to enlighten me as to how they prepare their colonies for pollination contracts. I have just had a little look at the new BFA website and came across the pollination service information and wondered about it. Forgive me for maybe sounding a...

Does anyone have any tricks to encourage a virgin queen into a mini nuc? I use Apideas and have put a cupful of bees into it, I leave it queenless for 24 hours (I'm aware others have said that's there is no need for the wait) I then want to run a virgin queen into it, but without the bees...

As a relatively new 'BeeFarmer' can some of you more experienced beekeepers then me how you manage requeening colonies after the queen has been lost by an attempted swarm in apiaries that are not visited particularly frequently. Some of my apiaries I visit every ten days and are miles away...

Does anyone know what this Scheme B is for people with 40 or more colonies? :thanks:

On my few national hives I have a mixture of the following types of shallow frames in the supers: SN1 SN4/5 Manley If I use drawn comb and space at ten frames per super then there isn't an issue of brace comb. The combs get filled and capped. :hurray: Now: The same type of frame is in each...

I have been informed by the owner of the land I keep some of my hives on that they want to have Alpacas in the same field. :eek: I will now have to finance stock proof fencing around my hives. :cuss: Now, have any of you good people any experience with alapacas and bees? p.s. they also...

When a swarm moves into a new hive/home, how much time is there to move the hive to a new near location that is less than 3 miles and more than 3 feet? Thanks

I am trying to source a supply of plastice queen cell protectors that can be used with a hair roller type queen cage as below: The queen cell would be inserted into the plastic protector and then that would be pushed into the plastic cage. Big 'T' have wire type protectors that are not what...

Would anyone care to comment on the following issue? Bees seem to be attracted to the water of hot spa baths. The baths contain water with added chlorine and are also heated. The bees seem to hover around these, with some gathering the splashed liquid on the sides, other bees attempting the...

Does anyone know what might be the longest length of pipe that could be used for the entrance to an observation hive? Also what might be the largest sensible diameter for the pipe? Thanks