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Thanks for advise guys i shall give it ago , meanwhile think my hive has swarmed yesterday i was at my garden and all my bees were lifted goin bazzerk everywhere so whatched them for a hour expecting them to clump up but nothing so left and went back few hours later and had a look in top of...

Great is my method correct then to try attract some

Hey guy im new to bee keeping so still learning day by day im wanting to attract a swarmto my brood box is this just a case of brood box and lid and frames in and few drops of lemongrass oil and wait also my brood is 2 short of frames is that ok or does it need to be full

Is it ok to put old super frames in brood until i attract then add brood frames

Well i do have a empty hive do i just put my brood box out there instead of nuc and put in some used frames and a little bit of lemongrass oil

Oh dear my bad so the same frames i best putting in nuc box then put south facing , any tips on how high or where like near rape feilds or just grass feilds ect

ah right well today i had some frames that i spun honey from and left outside to let bees and other things clean the last off and there must have been 200 bees around them so i placed the frames in a nuc box but checked tonight and theres nothing in box did i do wrong

hey all as above can i attract a swarm to my empty hive ive been told both yes and no so which is it and if its yes whats the best method please thank you

Hi all im getting a empty national bee hive in few days do i simply fill these with frames and foundation then add bees , if so to attract a swarm to it do i just use the brood box at bottom and roof to catch them thanks ste

will rape honey set in jars as mines like syrup still after 3 days or does it take ages to set ive been told it will go white and set is this correct

Hi all its my first harvest ever from rape and was wondering how i make set honey from the rape its like a syrup now but would like thicker please advice thanks ste

hello there im in the process of purchasing a honey spinner but as i like tinkering i was wondering if anyone has made there own if so any ideas and pics please .

Right so im best removing the full super even though only 6 frames are full out of 10, and putting my new fresh super with new frames in and leave them bee , forgive me im still learning all this , will i still get decent honey even though rapes nearly gone on the fresh super

Great thanks all for advise so do shake test and if nothing comes out its ready to spin , when i remove the frames am i best replacing with fresh made frames so they can carry on

hi all im new to bee keeping only got one small hive and still learning but interested , ive lifted the top off and checked my super frames a week ago and they feel very heavy but only a small part of frame is capped off so just checked again today and only abit more has been capped when do i...