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Hi Folks, So last year for one of my hives I left them a Honey super on for stores as they seemed a little light going into winter. The hive consisted of a double brood and the super with no QE, at the same time I was treating with Apivar. The concern I have now is that the super as of now is...

Hi guys, I had two supers stored in my utility room that I didn’t have chance to extract as of yet. I looked at them today with the intention of extracting tomorrow and some how wax moth had gotten to them. I killed about 5 larvae and out of the 20 or so frames 3 - 4 of them had been damaged by...

Hi folks, One of my hives is a double BB setup, I need to change the comb in the bottom box, if I place a QE over the bottom BB then place a new BB (with frames and foundation) on top and then the third existing BB back on top of that with the Queen in would this work? Also currently this hive...

Hi folks, This year I fancy putting a frame in each of my supers especially for ’Cut Comb’ the query I have is regards to the frame. I’m guessing I don’t use wired foundation.... do I just leave the frame empty and leave the rest to them. Or should I use wire free foundation? Thanks for any...

Hi Folks, Last year I transferred my hives to poly hives so currently I have a lot of cedar BB’s sat doing nothing which seems a shame. Apart from the weight (my extractor can handle BB frames) is there any negatives to using the BB’s as supers?

Hi Folks, I currently have about 26kg of extracted honey in an air tight settling bucket with a honey valve. Unfortunately I'm going to have to go away on business and won't be able to decant into jars is it safe to leave in the bucket for 2 weeks? Your advice is much appreciated.

Hi Folks, Do you add nut allergy info to your jar labels? Surely if jars are being washed in dishwashers where other kitchen equipment is being washed there is a risk?

Hi Folks, I assume this is the practice of Bearding and not swarm prep?

Hi Folks, It looks like the Buckfast in my second Hive could Do with some extra room. The question I have is if I add a secondary (empty) BB below a nearly full super is it likely they will move the honey down into the new BB?

Hi, I have prepared a main colony ready for split as a swarming counter measure. Currently I have 2 x BB below a QE & 1 X Super and BB above the QE with the frames split equally (the Queen is in the lower 2 x BB's). I did this on Sunday in prep for my new Queen turning up on Monday , however...

I’d would like some advice regards the following please. I have a double brood colony that’s thriving that I had planned to split. The method I’ll use is a method I’ve used before whereby you take roughly half of the brood frames and a honey frame remove the Bees from said frames and place on...