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Hi All, I have caught four swarms over the last month and of those I have only seen a queen in two of the hives. One of which I managed to catch and mark. These hives are a little aggressive and when I inspect the hives, the worker bees fan and are rather noisy. However, only one of these...

Good Evening All, So today I have been busy DIYing the house and was just thinking of calling it a day when the wife shouts through from the garden. 'Your bees, they're acting strange again'. Sure enough, she was right, I found a small group of bees on the garden path crowding around a...

(Originally posted in Queens wanted section) Hi All, I have had a Top Bar Hive for just over a year, but I soon ran into difficulties with cross combing. So much so that I decided to leave the bees to get on with it and start again this year with national hives and once I had enough...

Hi All, On a hive inspection today I find that I have plenty of bees and no queen, no queen cells, no brood and what comb there is, is all nectar. So I'm looking for a new queen, has anyone in the West Midlands/Coventry/Warwickshire area a queen for sale? Many thanks.

Hello, my name is Steve, I'm a Vocational Trainer working for HMP, I live in Coventry and I'm here because at 23:00hrs last night in the pouring rain I witnessed my bees bearding around the entrances of my Top Bar Hive, so after a quick Google search for answers, I find myself here and...