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The year I started beekeeping, I had the hive near my detached garage, but it proved to be too close to the neighbours (they didn't mind as much as I did). So I moved the hive a quarter mile up the road to an allotment. At the time, I was also told about the 3 ft/3 mile rule, but a local...

I've read beekeeper's concerns about formic acid, but: how do you get the oxalic acid to a higher decomposition temperature once it's sublimated, without holding it in a sealed container and applying more heat? Once the OA is sublimating, its a gas expanding away from the heat source, and more...

The 1/4 mile move wasn't anything to do with artificial swarm. The hive was located near my house, near to other houses and gardens. The colony swarmed there just after we got it, and I didn't want to go through that again. The 1/4 mile site is in the back of some allotments, surrounded by...

Well it’s all done. On Thursday I moved the hive a ¼ mile up the road. On Saturday night, about dusk, we covered the landing board with small branches and ferns, and removed the wood blocking the entrance. The bees were quick to find their way out, and they started doing some re-orientation...

I did consider the temperature inside the hive. Its a poly hive (don't know if that makes any difference) with an open mesh floor. It's got 1/4 of the brood box with empty frames, and an empty super, all for what can't be much more than a half a box of bees. They've got a fair sized space to...

It did work. The booklet shows the different type of queen cells, but I guess my bees haven't read the book. Until I can find some image hosting so I can post some pictures, I would say more swarm than supercedure, but its not clearly one or the other by any means. Cheers John

The cells have all appeared since Sunday, but some are further along than others. I couldn't see the larva well enough to see what stage they are at. The bees have plenty of room, and we do check them weekly. I was hoping not to have 3 hives so quickly. Its becoming more expensive to raise...

This is our first year beekeeping, my daughter and I. We got a nuc at the end of April, and was told it was going to swarm soon. We split the colony right away, but a week later the hive with the queen and fliers swarmed anyway. We lost the swarm. Both parts of the split made new queens. By...