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    Found a swarm

    Second year having bees so looking for some advice regarding a nearby swarm. I did a split (artifical swarm) in May this year and all seemed to go well. However, in July the number of bees in one half of the split seemed to deteriorate slightly. I put this down to a new queen taking her time...
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    Ivy honey

    Hi Alan, I'm also in Fermanagh. Sorry I can't help you with your question. Only my second year keeping bees and my first year extracting (mainly) ivy honey. After a battle with the extracter, I managed to get a small amount into jars and it seems soft set, so maybe a mix of ivy and other? Is...
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    Removing Super

    This is my second year so I'm after some advice. I'm based in Northern Ireland and it's been a bad year with the weather and relative lack of a decent honey flow. I'll be lucky to get a single super from my two hives. I STILL haven't been able to take the super off.....looked in today (15th...
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    Splitting a hive

    That sounds great advice. Thanks.
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    Splitting a hive

    Like yourself, I’m in NI (Fermanagh). When is the earliest you’d consider doing a split?
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    Splitting a hive

    Thanks. Is it too early in the year to consider doing a split yet?
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    Splitting a hive

    Thanks for clarifying that, I appreciate your help/advice. Is there a danger that the shook bees will leave the new nuc and return to the old hive? Also, when would it be a good time to consider doing the split? Is it too early in the year at the minute? Should we waiting until we find...
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    Splitting a hive

    I understand that logic Joe and you might well be right but if you are moving mostly eggs, larvae, brood and stores then those newly emerging bees won’t be familiar with the old location. The YouTube videos I’ve seen don’t involve moving the nuc miles away.....hopefully an experienced...
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    Splitting a hive

    I’m in the same position as you, new beekeeper (1 year) with one hive and planning to split soon. You mentioned ‘running them 5 miles away’ ....is that really necessary? I get the 3 feet or 3 mile rule, but thought when splitting a hive it could be done using other methods that didn’t involve...
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    First 'inspection'

    Seems there's a few of us at the same stage. Hopefully an experienced beekeeper will comment re: drone cells...leave alone or destroy them? Even though I've done 'the course' it feels like I'm stumbling around in the dark a bit with zero knowledge. Thank God for this forum and Youtube. Lol...
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    First 'inspection'

    Hi, I'm new to bees and just recently finished a beginners course at my local association. Course was interesting but 95% classroom based with probably less than 30 mins practical stuff opening up a hive (it was a cold windy day for the practical session). Like all courses of that type, I...
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    Hello from NI

    That's all sound advice... thank you. I'm glad I found this forum! Full of decent people happy to share their knowledge. Very much appreciated.
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    Hello from NI

    Thanks for that, much appreciated. When I'm inspecting the standard frames, will the extra comb not break off as I take each frame out?
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    Hello from NI

    Thanks for the reassurance that it can be done...much appreciated. Can I just asked a couple of questions? 1. When inspecting the hive do you just cut off the brace comb that the bees make filling the 3 inch gaps at the base of the standard frames? 2. When you initially install the nuc into...
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    Hello from NI

    Thanks folks for the kind welcome and good advice. Great idea about the bait box....nothing to lose trying that whilst I wait on getting bees. Plenty of nucs advertised on DoneDeal (Ireland's equivalent of Gumtree) but it's a minefield trying to select a reputable seller with so little info to...
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    Hello from NI

    To be fair to the tutor he did say he would try and get nucs for us but wasn't confident he could source enough (there's over 20 on the course).
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    Hello from NI

    Thank you. Looking at your quote re:beekeeping, I'll fit in well.
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    Hello from NI

    Hello folks, New member here. Total newbie when it comes to beekeeping. Almost finished my local association's Beginners Beekeeping Course. Found it really interesting although I'm fully aware that, in the grand scheme of things, it's probably very basic stuff and there's a mountain of...
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