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What would be my best plan for uniting a caught caste swarm with a good laying queen up and running and now housed in standard brood box with a hive close by . This hive is queenless as result of artificial swarm but has 3 capped q.c's (I pinched out a further dozen yesterday) and consists of...

I have 2 supers , 1 in process of being capped, t'other about 1/2 full of nectar above a queen excluder, beneath which there is my brood and a half boxes , both wall to wall, chock a block with nectar.Having done an AS and the new queen should be mated and laying about now, am I worrying...

https://youtu.be/75p67KwLr9U What sort of hive is Mr Beckham building ?

I couldn't help but take a quick peek at a swarm that was caught a couple of days ago in bait box and placed that evening in a nuc. It only covers a couple of frames , ah a small caste I deduced but on closer look saw eggs ( I was lucky to have some drawn comb to give them ) and lo and behold...

One of the hives is bringing in very small amounts of absolutely pure white and Im talking dulux gloss/ virgin snow/tippex white here, pollen the last couple of days. Looked through my books and on line but can't find any info. Has anyone any ideas please-I am intrigued ( ps havent had it in...

Just come across some labels made by a big beekeeping firm concerning granulation . One of the suggestions was to place jar in microwave to render it runny again. Am I wrong in thinking this is not good for the honey-I'm sure I've heard or read that somewhere.

Hi , just a quickie- is there anything in the manufacture of OSB that would render it unsuitable for me using it to make dummy boards ? Thankyou.

This afternoon , approaching my hives , I heard a rather ominous sound and thought I was being visited by a swarm , mine are not expected to and I have baited trap set out. Turned out that there were many bees covering the faces of 2 nucs I have made up from a split ,there was much fanning...

Just reading the book "City of the Bees " by Frank Stuart [ 1947 ] in which the writer talks of each bee colony as having its own graveyard where old bees go to die and where undertaker bees deliver their loads. Any ideas anyone ? I can't find it mentioned anywhere else.

Raked out a few dead bees from the entrance of one hive to find one of them was the queen .This was a late swarm I caught, it had a high varroa count which I treated with maqs when caught and OA dribble early Dec. The queen shows no outward signs of disease but her wings had been nibbled ...

Being still wet behind the ears, I have yet to master the art of "hefting" , so I weigh my hives. My question is , at what weight of stores should I be thinking about feeding? Im on brood and half, went into winter 50lb + of stores but am now down to about 20lb on each of my three hives. Thank...

Spotted on Ebay ..... 20 REAL Honey Bees 20 DRIED SPECIMEN INSECT TAXIDERMY $9.99 plus $25 postage $25 postage, jeez, how much do those bees weigh? Anyway , never mind the bees wax food wraps this could be the way forward !

When counting mite drop on sticky board, would this just be female mites or do people include males as well ? Just wondered.

Good evening, Has anyone had a go at making honeycomb ? Any tips please ? I fancy a bash at DIY Crunchie Bars

Just wondering, could I use my plant propogator as heat source for small warming cupboard to deal with a few tubs of set osr ?

December tomorrow and my hives are still be visited by the odd wasp, whats the latest date that anyone has seen these little devils in S.E England ?

Last couple of days have been warm here in SE england and my bees have been foraging bringing back a little gorse pollen and lots of a very light yellow , almost white variety. Under a microscope the grains appear triangular. Any ideas anyone where its coming from ? Thanks in anticipation.