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Hi all, just wondering if anyone bought from the below site before https://latiendadelaapicultura.es/ i am about to place a order for some pollen supplement and wonder if its a genuine site or not... thanks Joel

Hi, does anyone advise where i can get FEED-BEE or Ultra-Bee in the 20kg sacks nowadays? thorne used to do feedbee pre covid way back in 2019, and then bee equipment used to do ultra bee until recently they only sell 340g tubs and was told they don't have a consignment ordered and not sure if...

hi i have a hive ( hive 3) that i noticed that majority of cells built from this hive are drone cells. (lots of them and frames are built quite messily!) the overwintered old queen may have ran out of sperm and laid a bunch of drone brood before supercedure.. i did spot a new mated queen with...

Hi, due to space constraints i can only have about a small area allocated as my apiary., i currently have 2 hives (number 1 and 2 on attach 3d model) at my home apiary and was thinking to add another 2 more (number 3 and 4), however, number 3 and 4 i plan to face the fence because when...

I had commenced feeding now and plan to stop in early October, currently running on double brood boxes and supers removed. Was thinking to get a batch of ivy honey in autumn to try out as I have alot of ivy in my neighbourhood, last year I remember them flowering right up to December! I am...

Tempted to try a gamble with the 3rds quality brood boxes and supers from Thorne.. Have anyone bought from them before and are they worthwhile or more hassle than it's worth??

Hi all, anyone have the above eke and can advise the height? I got some 1" battens and gonna knock a few of these ekes out for my hive but wonder if 1" is gonna be too low or is it OK?

Happened yesterday afternoon, for about 15 mins. then quiet down again. A friend said the hive is getting robbed, but i am not too sure, firstly because this is the strongest hive out of the 3 (2 hives and 1 nuc). then i looked at the varroa tray its clean as i cleaned it in the morning, and...

hi guys... If dire, is August still an ok time to requeen? i understand best time for requeening would ideally be spring.. i have an old 2, maybe 3 year old queen which is from a swarm last year, and with her prolific laying this spring, plus me being a newbie and failing to notice she's...

Hi, a bee got me on the eyelid on saturday and sunday yesterday i had swelling og my face and thought to ask if anyone had a good recommendation of what to put on if this happens again. i usually don't bother if it stings me on the arm or leg and anywhere else, but on the face its annoying as...

Hi, i hear alot of ppl mentioning about the differnt months for nectar flow etc, would mid or end august still too late to extract or is it strict end of this month as my local apiary will have extractiond typically at the end of this month annually. reason being i currently have alot of capped...

Hi guys, do you all generally leave the crown board hole open on a hive or do you shut it with a block of wood or put the porter escape on it permanently? What are the pros and cons of leaving it open or closed? And is there a general answer of closing or leaving it open? I was thinking if left...

Hi guys, strange dilemma I have here. I have a double brood box hive, recently requeened on its own with 2020 mated queen. Mated around 2nd of June when I saw first signs of eggs. Today 14th June I saw 2 queen cells with queen that is just about emerging. Top brood box is full of capped...

Hi, I had got 2 hives requeened successfully and 2 swarms collected in late April now established in 2 more full hives making a total of 4 hives. For the hives from swarms, the brood box's frames are doing very well now but I currently have no super frames with foundations drawn. The idea is...

Hi guys.. need some help here.. 2 weeks ago, on 14th of May i inspected one of my hives, performed a demaree swarm control on the hive, and i noticed declining eggs (lots of empty cells in frames) in the bottom brood box where queen was present. The queen was found, so whilst working on the...

Yeah seed tray over the nuc roof is just the walls don't get wet. I just prefer abit of overhang so water don't get on the walls of the wood. The top nuc brood box also was just knocked out from old chipboard from a cupboard door, so not the best wood but I need a 2nd nuc brood box so built it...

Hi, i have a thermal camera at work which i borrow over weekends to check on the bees to see if they are still alive. this is last week's observations. i showed this to my local beekeeping association and they are also not toying with the idea to get one as its useful to also help monitor...

Hi All, new here, and also a new beekeeper(started this year June) hence prob have some silly questions so hope you guys don’t mind. I have made up about 20 to 30 super frames earlier this season in prep for use during the honey flow but unfortunately as I only acquired my swarmed colonies ( I...