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Since last year I believe there may have been some new disease here, or am I plain stupid? EFB was in the area last year, had the regional inspector visit my 3 hives last summer. No problems found, tiny bit of chalk brood, 15 Qcells in the best hive. At that time I had one hive that had way...

It's been a troublesome season here. The weather and then the better half wanting to get away to our caravan when we could etc (3 weeks way so far) mean that my observations have been largely limited to the front and observation boards under the OMF. The only good news it is ages since I saw any...

Is this familiar to anyone? I had it several times last year, with one hive it went on for several summer weeks. Today, rather cool & some heavy showers with sunny spells, many bees exited to front of hive around noon (1pm GMT) and then moved themselves under the hive OMF forming a dish/plate...

Not had a clear plan of where I need to get to when and been away a lot, not around beekeepers etc. Late Sept and early Oct I have mostly been seeing pollen and stores going in and very happy to see it since one of the 2 colonies almost died out Q- early Sept. So now realise it is much cooler...

New thread as new issue arises after earlier nuc move chatted under https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45247 Summary of that above thread: Made a split nuc 10 July from my "hive1" with 4 shallow frames and QC. After a few bumps this seemed to be going OK, there was brood around 13...

OK, I know not an ideal thing to do but nuc was right by my office, never expected it to survive but there is brood. So, moved into a new brood box 2 days ago, added fast feed. That night closed up for 36 hours and moved to new stand. Just opened this morning, with a leafy branch over the...

I have a nuc 2m/6ft from my office door. It's been progressing well since 2 sealed cells and some frames were put in on 10July. Pollen going in today. Then I heard deeper louder buzzing: quite a number of drones arriving and going. Continued from 1-3pm. Are they lured to attractive receptive...

I went to put in BB and tidy up the observation tile below the door when a house bee dropped with a rather malformed pupa. About 16-17 days my guess. Seems half brain missing, or eaten? Also are the wings normally stubby like that around that period? (last pic clearest on wing) The link allows...

My 1 hive was late getting queen-right, last October, and went into the Winter with small brood and I was guessing it was 50/50 if they'd make it. I've left them alone just examining mite drop and vaping a few times. I figure if I open up there's little I can do to help, so leave bee. During...

Maybe you all know what this means from something you read, but I can't find any reference to it after a few searches on the web. A few videos of in-car swarms... BBKAnews has made several references to it being a required skill long ago, before it was dropped in 1933. Encouraging a swarm into...

If so after how long into it for least mites in brood? I'm thinking to wait a week and then vape - 1 hive, previous (second) oxalic vape 26 Nov about 100 drop - or is a bit longer better. I assume its a trade off between hatching of all recently laid against odds of new laying if we get a few...

My single hive has been mild mannered for 12months or so. Queen state certain just now, was Q- for a few weeks with some capped Q cells and bloodless last week when I thought I saw an emerged Q last week in a super so removed QX. There are 2 supers each about 70% capped (some uncapped) honey. As...

Been keeping just over a year. No sign of larvae or eggs, queen never marked or clearly seen since original purchased queen was also lost around the time I split to 2 hives for a while in April but marked Q went missing. Hive 1 has been on deep+shallow brood since last Autumn and continued...

My first Spring with bees... London area forecast for 27C, I'm away and started to worry that I left only Porter escapes in the crown board OMF floor is open. Will that provide enough airflow or do I need 1 or more holes fully open? Sons or a friend can make an easy change like that I think...