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I think i will store some in airtight box and see how it goes and the rest will be melted down in winter.I have limited space and kit for storing equipment .Thank You for all your help.

I have 5 national poly hives ,three are on tripple brood and 2 are on DB ,I also have a swarm in a paynes poly nuc ,cut out to take 8 frames and now with4 extensions on. I am now out or kit except for three old swarm boxes. Thankfully empty that i am storing the frames in . So i am at full...

Sorry to drag this on,but i had to remove them to give room in the hives and with being short of kit i have been removing them and just put them in some old old swarm boxes in my garage for time being till i found out what to use them for. Not all are completely fully waxed but most are and i...

Sorry but i do tend to be getting more forgetfull theese days. As i have more hives this year than previously i am seeing more frames with it. Im afraid storing in the freezer is not an option for me ,But is there another way i could store for later use.Ie wrap in airtight bag or storage box...

I have been removing quite a few frames of pollen from brood boxes to make room and although i can see the pollen packed in the cells most seem to be waxed over. Are they only good for melting down or is there something else i can use them for. Thank You

On another note i also have two poly nucs with laying Queens last years (23) so im a bit overstretched as it were and i dont like saying it but (too many for my littls set up ) hope thats not tempting fate. I shook a cpc of the frames and they are very loose dripping.

one of the trebbles i did think about reducing to two,but on inspecting yesterday, the top BB they are now using it to store honey and although5 or 6 frames, none of it has been capped. Thay are hardly touching the super.Only had a cpl of brood frames partly with space for her.This was the hive...

what would you do in this situation.i have five colonies two on treble brood and three on DB. The three on DB are this years Queens(24) and at this moment are laying well . The two on treble brood are stuffed and also laying well ,but are all last years Queens.(23) I also have a swarm in a polly...

For Home made nucs search for( Lancs Lad ) on here, he was my mentor. nucs still going strong after years of use He used to make dozens of them from Styrofoam. From Pannel systems .If i remember right.

"i love man no less but love nature more " A quote i saw somewhere .Beautifull.Thank you For posting.

Thanks for explaining ,Rain again today but ill give it a go and see what happens. Thank You

Thats interesting to me as i have one to do in next cpl of days when/if weather is suitable. So do you remove the brood boxes to one side and replace with supers on the hive floor,Then go through the Brood boxes as im on tripple brood.If i have got this right would you leave for a while or just...

As previous ,thanks for all comments and im still not sure as to what to do never had this situation before.,But for a change it looks like we may be getting a bit of sunshine tomorrow .So i am planning on inspecting later in afternoon when the foragers should be out and see what develops. If...

Thank You for commenting,the Queen that i united was a red marked by me (23) and reared in my apiary early last year ,she was a very good layer as i remember ,but cant remember if but it did not work for me.So i removed it and then left the Single Q cell for them. I have to admit i have not...

I have a hive on tripple brood and with 4 supers on that recently have been very agressive to me. This hive was left to rear a Queen from a single cell first week in june ,After no sighn of eggs at 34 days i decided to unite them with a spare laying Queen from last year that i had in a paynes...

That was my way of thinking also ,but just needed a bit info from an experienced person. Thank You .

How should i go about this.? I have a hive on DB and (stuffed) for want of a better word. I have given them a test frame and in three days they produced one very tiny emergency capped cell. I took it down .I have been through three times now and no sighn of eggs etc and in my records she should...

They /she has three or four frames to use and a couple of foundation frames also and (this is an age thing) i forgot they had 4 supers on and not 3 as i said earlier.Anyway i will go back later and Nuc the queen to be on the safe...ish side . Thank You

I will treat it as swarming mode then. I have a spare empty nuc i will use that.Thank You

Can someone give me a bit of guidance regarding this. The hive is on DB with 3 supers ,two almost capped and 1 busy.last week i took 2 capped supers off this hive also.They are making Q/S cells and almost all of them on the side of the frames and not the bottom of the frame and have been doing...