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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...

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...

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...

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...