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I had a hive die out last year, but left the Brood box with honey in it sealed until now on a spare hive stand next to my other hives. Half of the frames contained honey and the others were drawn but not used. So the honey has been sitting there for some time and I think is fermented Went in...

Hi All Seems as though my split made by adding a bought in queen has gone pear shaped. https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=42795 Checked today in my new split hive, numbers are down, no brood larva or eggs. No marked queen found. There are a couple of empty queen cells so I’m...

Just done my first split, will be getting a Queen tomorrow. Made a tunnel (150mm in length), shimmed to 20mm with some thick cardboard. Tunnel design is the same as Millets. Bee's hadn't emerged from the tunnel but while I was there a wasp found it's away into the tunnel. I bunged it up with...

I went through winter ok last year nervously with 1 hive and am thinking that I might split and make two hives. This year it's been brood and half most of the year, but about a month ago I made it into a double brood and put a QE between the brood and old super. Then I checkerboarded new...

Refractometer readings I’ve extracted my first honey, frames past the shake test. I have one of these refractometers...

I’ve found loads of information about labeling requirements for selling honey but none of them mention if there are any requirements for simply giving it away. I have no concerns about giving it away to family and close friends without labels but I’m going to give some away at work (small office...

Expecting to do an extraction in a week or two after checking today. When looking through the frames I found some dead lavae and black packing on a couple of the cells. I moved some of the frames in my two supers on the hive so they would all hopefully get drawn out a week ago. There were not...

In the next two or three weeks I'm going to be doing my first extraction and needless to say I'm looking forward to it. Just wanted to know if anyone has any tips that you wish people had told you before thei first extraction? So far my plan is to use a rhombus escape the day before. Tarp...

Hi All I went away for a few weeks and as such put two full supers onto my single brood hive. Brood Super (undrawn foundation) QE (wire grill type) Super (1/2 Undrawn Foundation, 1/2 Empty frames with bamboo for support) Crown board Lid After around three weeks I've had a look and the...

Did an inspection today and I think it looks as though I've got emergency cells being made. Being new though maybe I saw drones, the cups were small and pointed out rather than down. Didnt have my phone with me so no Picures. A couple of weeks ago I seemed to have loads of bees and I put a...

I've got one hive which I bought late last year. I placed a probe thermometer like this one (https://tinyurl.com/y8scoyrj) in it before winter so I could solve my curiosity and check if they were still alive without opening the hive. Covered 5 sides of hive with silver insulation board before...

Hi all, my first year so not sure if I've done things correctly for wintering. (1 x National comprising of 1 x mesh base, 1 x deep for bees, 1 x Crown board, 1 x super for insulation, 1 x Roof) So far: 1) Reduced entrance size to about 2 inches of width and installed a mouse guard. 2) Made a...

Just been watching this on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTTK0Rz7Z94 Not the first time I've seen someone saying the same - feed dry sugar in the wintertime. Climates being different, what do people here think about this for winter time in the UK?

Stings and mean bee's This is starting to be not very much fun. Wondering how many times you get stung when doing inspections and if it's just me or if I simply have mean bee's. Only had them about 5 Weeks and have done 4 hive inspections. 1st time, not stung 2nd time, stung three times...

Another stupid question... Went to observe/check to see if hive is still there earlier a watched my bee's coming and going. All seemed reasonably orderly on the ledge by the opening (4 inches open). Some of them are loaded up like a Chinook to the point where they seem to have a heavy set...

Quick one. Where is the best place to get frames mail order with regards to quality or is it all much of a muchness?

Hi I've just started with my Bee's and am still getting used to them and trying to figure out if things are ok. I did an inspection of my hive today (stung twice). The weather wasn't perfect as it was overcast with some wind but it's going to rain tomorrow and then I'm at work so I have no...

Hi I've just started with my Bee's and am still getting used to them and trying to figure out of things are ok. I did an inspection of my hive today (stung twice). The weather wasn't perfect as it was overcast with some wind but it's going to rain tomorrow and then I'm at work so I have no...