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Going round doing OA treatment today and noticed something has been nibbling at all four corners of this double nuc. Anyone care to guess if it is a badger, fox or other? I dont expect any repair or deterant is going to put them off so probably best to move it to another apiary and repair in the...

Hello, quick question please. I am making up a nuc today to introduce a mated queen which I then intend to overwinter as an insurance. Given the time of year I thought of moving the nuc away to another site to minimise robbing. In which case would you advise moving the nuc first then introducing...

Hello, just looking for a wee bit of advice regarding my options following inspection of a hive this morning. This colony was from an artificial swarm in May and has the old (1 year) queen who is laying well. I have been inspecting at 7 day intervals and no signs of swarm cells prior to now...

Quick question re making up a nuc using queen cells from another hive. Is it better to just have one good queen cell on a frame or to leave a couple and let the bees decide? I understand the rationale for only leaving one QC and knocking down others in a larger queenless colony to reduce risk of...

Hello, I am in my second year of beekeeping with two colonies and have a couple of wee questions about what to do with one of my hives. One of them became queenless over the winter. My guess is that they may have kicked the queen out after I used MAQs strips as a late summer varroa treatment...