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Hi Has anybody got the outer wbc lifts etc. Someone I know wants a couple as ornaments in their garden. Cheshire area. Thanks

Was just wondering if conditions around the Country are the same as around me. The colonies on the OSR are increasing in weight but the others (non OSR) I'm having to feed to keep them going. Is it the same everywhere? Peter

Anybody help with identification of these 2 flowers. A field full next to my colonies sown by the farmer. Thanks Peter

I was asked to give a presentation on beekeeping to a group of non beekeeping women. I thought this might be an ideal opportunity for the local associations to get involved particularly as my presentation skills are not of the highest calibre. After contacting both local beekeeping associations...

Hi Can anybody suggest a good way of introducing a virgin Q to an Apidea, a)freshly made up of young bees or b)previously containing a mated Q. Thanks Peter

With the supers filling rapidly at the moment don't do what I did today and try to lift two full supers back onto the top of a colony made up of brood and half and four supers. Struggling to move at the moment and have more inspections to do tomorrow? Peter

Hi I have 2 National colonies for sale made up of 2009 queens with 7 or 8 frames of brood at all stages, lots capped and ready to emerge. Bees are in to cover. They are National DN1 frames some new this year and some older. They were splits I did early in the season and should produce some...

Hi This year I've gone for the vertical version of the artificial swarm, hopefully to make it easier to unite back to the original BB after removing the old queen. I have a couple now where the new queen is laying. So from bottom to top I now have the old BB with the old queen in, QE with 3...

I have about 20 supers with drawn comb in that have been given to me by a long time beekeeper who has decided to give up after losing his bees during the Winter 2006/2007. The super combs are in very good condition and have been stored wet, no wax moth damage etc.. The beekeeper giving up kept...