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I have a recently swarmed hive that I was looking to requeen this summer (productive but a bit agressive, and already needed 2x swarm control already this year - third time lucky for them...). I'm thinking of trying asap to get a new queen (if available) and to keep knocking the QCs down on...

My bees seem intent on mainly using the brood boxes to fill with nectar rather than filling supers - there's a whole empty drawn super on top of a partly filled one, yet top box of the hive (which previously was nicely empty to lay in) is now mostly full of nectar. I've shuffled a couple of...

One of our neighbours has a hot tub on their garden, and it appears that our bees have taken a fancy to their water. The neighbours don't mind, but I'd like to try and give them a source away from the tub... Which got me thinking as to why they are choosing it rather than other water nearby...

Finally got round to saying a first "hello" on here - I'm a first year beekeeper out in West Oxfordshire - been fun so far this year keeping the girls, no great disasters yet, but sure there's plenty of time! I've got two hives currently - one is a double brood that's just got its third super...