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Two of the four colonies at home have become drone layers over winter so I shook them out into the long grass 10m in front of one of the other hives on Saturday (2 days ago). Having not found and dispatched the queens they clumped together in the weeds looking miserable. I took pity on them...

Watched a YouTube video earlier of this guy renovating a neglected Ferrari (I can dream). He released a 'wasp' from one of the lights. Car had been imported from Japan. I added a comment with a link to the BBKA AH page suggesting that anyone importing vehicles from abroad should not just...

Have a couple of bought-in queens under push-in cages at the moment. How long do you leave them in their new colony before letting them out? Old queens put in intro cages 6 days before and checked that there were no eggs or QCs before new queens introduced under push-in cages. Carniolan queens...

This is still a bit theoretical but . . . . . Nuc'ed a couple of queens on 20th May, later reduced EQCs to one and checked back that it emerged OK. Hoping that with this good weather they both get mated. The issue is that the 4-5 supers are likely to be rammed with honey by the time the new...

Three 5 frame nucs (+ a frame of foundation) in a Thorne's correx nuc I don't need any more bees! Downsized from 9 to 5 hives earlier this year and I'm already back to 8. Nuc Peanut is a prime swarm that arrived 19th May into my bait hive. Across 5 seams. Nuc Shirley, marked grafted queen mated...

Anybody else seen this? One hive has 'painted' drones. I haven't done any marking. Maybe the pale mark is part of the cocoon stuck on the thorax. ? Or some genetic glitch. ?

£3.50/lb £3.25/lb £3.00/lb + delivery at cost. Will sell all or individual tubs. Honey is set. I can liquefy in warming cabinet if required. Sieved into tub through Thorne double stainless sieve from extractor but may have the odd wax flake. Hives in garden in middle of large village. Field...

I must be getting withdrawal symptoms as I'm watching an Australian beekeeper doing inspections on YouTube. What's happening here? End of spring in Australia. A brood frame moved above the excluder 2 weeks previous to give them more space in brood nest. Still queen-right. Queen in bottom box...

3 barrel drum stand. 1770 x 720 x 150mm 16kgs 7 available Supplied as a kit to be assembled. Bit rusty. Say they were £20 each + £20 shipping Any interest? . .. . . Ben

Roughly half my frames burst when I use my manual tangential extractor. Usually on the first side. Frames with bought foundation, 2 horizontal wires or w-shaped wires with embedded wax, foundationless they all burst. The ones that don't tend to have had brood in them. Pretty hacked off! Is...

Not seen this before. Looking for advice. Introduced a 2022 grafted/mated queen into this nuc 12th July. They were robbed severely so I've been propping them up with fondant every other day. They are not expanding or gathering much nectar. Box is in shade after 4pm. Is this overheating...

8 x stainless steel trays £35 each 304 grade stainless i.e. food grade 615 mm x 1072 mm x 40 mm (to outside of rolled edge) Welded corners. Inside covered with protective film. 2 x 5 mm holes on one end, each 25 mm above base. I use a modified one as the base in a solar wax melter...

Opening a hive tomorrow that has experienced the highest temperatures ever recorded in the UK. (until all the other stations post their values anyway) Measured over 40degC in the shade behind the hives myself at 14:00 after which the hives get some shade. No bearding. Unlike Monday, no...

Using an English feeder to feed honey extracted recently. Should I dilute it and if so how much? I'm queen rearing using Ben Harden method on a big colony with honey supers. The advice is to feed. Don't want to use sugar syrup as will spoil the honey in the supers. So I'm feeding back some...

Are there ways of using a pollen trap when you have loads of drones in your hives? Struggle to find good pollen frames to use when grafting (I only need a dozen cells, max). My colonies seem to live hand-to-mouth with pollen, using it as it comes in. So made a box to go on the front of my...

Bit random. Looking to put a bee hive in a turkey pen. One of the best looking position on this site. Do they get along? Thanks . . .. Ben

The price of the 'honey' at supermarkets is ridiculously low. With most prices going up why is this? Could this be a benefit of Brexit for the (unenlightened) consumer? . . . . Ben

300m from me EFB has been found, hives destroyed, colonies shook swarmed by SBI. I've been given all clear. Source not identified so could be swarms spreading this about at the moment. Should the local association be making this known? Published on social media? What do other areas do?

Working condition. Has been used by a wildlife rescue centre which is closing. Over £400 new. Offers. *** NOW SOLD ***

For sale, 2 overwintered colonies including cedar National brood box and super. 2019 queen - £225 2020 queen - £250 Free delivery within 25 miles of Horncastle, Lincolnshire. If you are local come and inspect them yourself. Selling for a friend who "only wants 2 colonies". :rolleyes: Each...