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Hi all, I keep my 4 hives in a private rural garden 5 miles awasy from my home. A couple of weeks ago the homeowner informed me that he was re-organising his garden and the hives would have to be moved about 10- 15 metres to the side of the garden. He didn't realise I couldn't just move them. So...

Hi, I am planning to use oxalic acid by trickle method on 5 hives. However, the colonies in 2 of the hives appear very small. Is it safe to use Oxalic acid on these? I think I have scared myself by reading the extra small print on the Api-Bioxal packet about overdosing the bees. I am planning to...

Hi this year I decided to try out a poly hive and chose the Paradise bee box. However, there does not seem to be a clearing board available for it. I don't think an ordinary wooden crown board with bee escapes will fit securely and brushing the bees off the frames is going to be quite a task. I...

Hi. I am in my second season of beekeeping. I have found this year much more difficult and have had a lot of problems which I won't go into detail about now. My hived swarm was building up really quickly and my mentor advised me to add a super as brood and a half to give them more room. I was...

Hi I have 2 hives in my garden since I carried out a split. My mentor advised me to turn the parent hive so that the entrances of the hives were not facing the same way. The hives are over 3 ft apart. It would make inspections easier if I could turn the parent hive back the way it was which...

Hi this is my first winter of beekeeping and my main concern was that they survive. However, on a mild dry day a few weeks ago I opened my hive to put Apivar strips in. I had been planning to use oxalic acid but as we were not having cold weather to stop the queen from laying I followed the...

Hi I am new to beekeeping this year. I had a little honey in 5 frames which I extracted. Other beekeepers advised me to put the frames on top of the hive once extracted as the bees would clean out any honey residue. However, I was worried that this would attract wasps so I put a couple of frames...

Hi I am planning to start keeping bees next year. I bought a second hand National hive which has been painted white. I have bought a stand and an additional super (yet to be assembled) and was planning to paint these white too. I bought some Zinsser Allcoat exterior satin paint which is...