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Plastic camouflage netting of eBay 3x3 £8 delivered , works very well ( it doesn’t grow 😂).

Irene and Mavis,two new Queens for the new season.

Hello Thorn , do you still have this extractor for sale ??

Thanks for the reply Steve , I’ll transfer them into another nuc . Paul

Hello folks Got a swam in a Payne’s poly nuc ( yes the one with the feeder on the side ) which the bees keep building foundation in the feeder . This has been going on for a couple of weeks now . There seems to be more bees in the feeder section than on the frames . Can I simply shake them into...

The empty QC you spotted yesterday was where this small swam came from and it’s called a cast . Don’t worry about it because it’s survival rates are very slim ( you have more chances of going on holiday this year) . Go back into the BB today and take down 4 of your 5 QC leaving 1 ( yes that nice...

Hi I collected a swarm from my only hive on the 7 may which is now in a nuc and hopefully doing fine. l went through the brood box main hive the day after and took down all but one sealed Queen Cell hoping this would be my new Q. This morning 18 may went over to where my hive is and noticed a...

Thanks for the advice guys , I have been reading so many different variations on what to do in different circumstances which is quite confusing. I must have missed a QC on inspection last Saturday. I will feed them tomorrow and l guess it’s waiting to see if the queen has a successful mating...

Thanks for the reply,sorry they are my bees.When you say give them the frames they need do l just fill the nuc with 6 frames that have not been drawn ( new) ? They are in a Payne’s poly nuc . What should I feed them ,keep reading different things

Hello folks Sorry I’ve not introduced myself on this site yet . Just taken up beeping and this my first year solo ( had a bit of mentoring last year) my bees have swarmed today found them in the next field and got the queen . Got them all a poly nuc now away from my original hive my question is...