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Hi, Two of my hives have developed this white stuff on the brood frames, which I have not seen before. Can anyone tell me what it is? It’s covering most frames, as also appears around capped brood. Thanks.

Hi, I have zero experience with collecting pollen, but would like to give it a try. I don’t like the idea of the fair weather ones that hang on the front, and ideally would like a non-plastic solution but cants seem to find anything other than the sun dance which seems to in US only? And not...

Hi, Does anyone know what the channels/recessed areas set into the lid of the apidea mini nucs are for? The ones I purchased did not come with a clear crown board, and it looks like these recesses provide a clear path for the queen to bypass the excluder and travel into the feeder. I think the...

Hi, I'm looking for advice about how to deal with a 50kg container of honey from 2021, which I've not been able to process until now (long story!). My first mistake was putting it into a 50kg stainless steel tank (too heavy). My second mistake was leaving it in a garage that i couldn't get...

Hi, I took 4 supers off 3 hives a week ago, but unfortunately couldn't extract them until last night. I stored them in the house utility room where the temperature was 25c. All of the frames looked ok, with one or two much darker with a more uneven surface, and the extraction went well. At...

Hi everyone, Exciting time of the year :-) I went into the winter with two fairly strong hives. I nadiered one of them, and fed the other what i thought was enough syrup - over 3 weeks. Both hives survived the winter and i've seen both queens. However, the nadiered hive is very strong...

Hi, My understanding is that a swarm comes about because of a lack of space. And yet my bees swarmed and left behind un-drawn frames? On reflection, i noticed that all of the 'drawn' comb was full of brood, but i thought there was still enough room in the un-drawn frames (x4), and that they...

Hi, I missed an inspection a few weeks back and unfortunately found my hive had swarmed. There were still lots of bees and about 14 capped queen cells, so I decided to do a split with what was left. All seemed to go ok and the two new queens emerged. The weather has not been great so i...

Hi everyone, A newbee here :-) I started my first two WBC hives last year. Unfortunately i made a stupid mistake and lost one hive at the end of winter. However i recovered by splitting the surviving hive and the new queen started laying about 3 weeks ago :-) The problem i now have is that...