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Well in the last week I've lost 2 swarms from different hives. Both were checked the previous week and showed no signs of swarm prep and both had bias and plenty of room. Checked the hives again thoroughly after swarming and again no signs of swarm prep and still room and no virgin Q. No idea...

I have for sale an empty Dadant hive. Includes floor, brood box, 3 supers (1 I had made so looks different) QX, crown board, clearer board, travel screen and roof. There is also a few spare frames and foundation. All frames are included and are drawn out but the colony died off over winter due...

Bit late to this thread but here are a few of my successes this year. Palermo peppers grown from seeds saved from an Aldi pepper, some huge onions Exhibition and my new favourite tomato Burlesque. Everything else was a bit rubbish for some reason apart from the chillies. Try again next year!

Thanks for the reply. Im just running out of room for this years harvest and as the hives are a little light it seemed a good idea to give a bit back as I wont eat it all

I have a few jars of old honey that have either set hard,started to crystallize or have started to ferment. Is this ok to feed back to the bees and what would be the best way. I will be leaving 1 super on each hive overwinter but they aren't full yet. I was thinking nadir first then a feeder...

I was in Bridgenorth yesterday and went to see how the castle bees were doing. I could see 5 entrances that looked quite busy along with a nice big chunk of wild comb also very busy. Thought I'd share if anyone finds themselves visiting the town.

I can confirm that Dadants are very very heavy. Even 1 full super will put your back out.

Hi all. On our allotment site we currently have about 16 hives between several plot holders. A couple of bait hives have appeared not too far away and belong, apparently to a commercial beekeeper who doesn't have any hives on site. We do get several swarms every year and manage to catch them...

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I stumbled across approx 15 hives on Brown Clee today. They didnt look like they had been attended to in some time and some in poor condition, rotton roofs, holes in supers being used as entrances, some boxes not stacked securely and no activity at some hives. They had been checked in may/june...

do new jars wrapped in plastic direct from the supplier still need sterilising before use and what is the best way?

I have a Dadant that I purchased with (really nasty)bees as my 1st hive before I knew anything about beekeeping. It swarmed on day 2, then again on day 3.Turned out the 2 supers on it were rammed full of OSR so in a week I had 3 colonies and 50lb of honey. The following 2 years didnt do...

Do solid floors need cleaning out periodically or can they just be left. I have a swarm that is thriving on a DIY floor and didn't know wether to buy an OMF or leave them be. Any benefits to a solid floor over mesh?

You can turn the subtitles on and change the language on YouTube. I've just tried it for the above ^^ series👍

I watched this documentary last night. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14027580/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

So a 2nd swarm has arrived at the bait hive today and appear to have taken up residence. The 1st swarm went in, came back out and spent the night bearding underneath. These were caught and rehomed. In the bait box there are only 3 pretty grubby old frames of wax and an empty frame. How long...

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Inspected the hives today when this happened!

Last summer i spotted a colony living in the walls of Bridgenorth Castle. Had a walk around the town today and they are still there. It was a bit chilly but the bees where flying. The entrance is about 20' up in a sandstone wall 7' think. The stone must retain some warmth