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Advice please. Inspected my #2 hive this afternoon, which consists of two National BBs plus one shallow box. This was my biggest colony last year and it has been active throughout the winter. The volume of traffic going in and out indicated that this was going to be a big colony again, but the...

Unused Eat Natural hive available for anyone who wants it [must be collected]. Brood box, 2 supers, floor unit, crown board, Queen excluder, correx observation board, steel roof and stand. Walls are insulated and there is additional loft insulation for winter. Treated externally with teak...

A queen absconded [with half the bees] v. late in August. There are now 2 Q-cells in the hive, but at this time of the year what chance does a new queen have of mating and establishing herself? Would it be better to unite with another colony?

Inspected two hives this weekend and found similar conditions in each. Bees were calm, capped brood present, but did not identify any young larvae or eggs, no queen sighted but no queen cells present.Maybe I need to visit Specsavers - I know I'm not so hot at spotting eggs but larvae are not...

I'm into into my third season with my own bees and have had mixed results - some spectacular successes but quite a few disappoints/cock-ups/failures too. I've joined 3 BKAs but I seem to be too far away from anyone for mentoring so I have to go it alone. I'm hoping this forum will make up for a...