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Had a hive this season who split and produced a new queen. 4 weeks later still no brood with new Q. Was some drone brood. Killed off the queen. They produced another queen. Laying pattern looking good so far...

So how long would you wait from new queen to hatch brood?

I had a late season swarm move into a swarm trap the other week. Unfortunately they were too weak to defend the hive but gave it a good go. Initially it was wasps but the other day I noticed a lot of bees entering. Anyhow I decided to end the party and clear it out. Upon inspection I noticed...

https://twitter.com/hiveinvestments Are NFT's the future? What do we know about them!?

Wut do? Jokes aside, what do with supers that have half fermented honey?

Seeing plenty of mushrooms around at the moment. Anybody know if these are edible?

Honeybees use social distancing to protect themselves against parasites Interesting observation. Maybe that's why I still have many bees knocking about under the mesh floor. Time for treatment :oops:

Hi All, I still have supers on the hives that were 3/4 full a few weeks ago. At what point is it too late to take off supers and feed. I've been reluctant as weather has been fine here and they were still foraging with lots off bees in hive. I didn't want to cram them into a BB. I've also put...

Seen this on the Lavender earlier. Initial thoughts was a solitary wasp?

Friend just called me this morning to say his small Nuc was under attack from Wasps. Its a newly mated Queen and they are only about a frame of bees. We moved the hive 100m and reduced the entrance. There was still a few wasps around after we moved them so not sure what to do now?

I extracted a couple of supers the other week and the honey set within 3 day to a milky white (photo below was taking in artificial light). At time of extraction there was a mixture of light and dark honey going into the extraction bucket. I read that honey sets when it has a higher ratio of...

Really enjoyed the heatwave over the last week or so in parts (still had to work days). I think the plants and bees did too. Appreciate that other wildlife may have suffered a bit such as the fishes in our rivers but nature does balance things out. Sitting out in the garden and hearing sounds of...

I've seen some posts where the forum member does not use a QX. Is there any rules you should follow to prevent Queen from moving up from the brood box into supers if you do remove the QX?

Out of interest, how many frames of honey would you expect to pull from a hive in a good year?

I was sent this video earlier on my phone which is rather disturbing. Seems like bees of all sorts are dying in this city of Belgium. I've no idea why this might have happened. Maybe the local council were spraying pesticides? I searched online for the video but couldn't find it so have uploaded...

Hi All, How do you move bees from Apidea to main hive and when is the best time to do it? So I split a hive into two main hives and also took another nice QC and placed in Apidea. Queen should have emerged in last 5 days and hopefully mate in coming days. When is best time to move them and...

Hi All, How do beekeepers ensure their bees stay healthy through diverse reproduction. It cant be good for an apiary to continually interbreed! Do you move virgin queens to another apiary far enough away that they do not come in contact with drones from their mother colony? Edit: what is a...

Hi All, I have added a few supers with queen excluder to a brood box as the colony are expanding at a rapid rate and building up stores quiet nicely (god knows how in this weather). Anyway, I was thinking to add a top entrance through the crown board to allow workers easy access. Is this a good...

Hi All, I have been handed a few partially filled brood frames from a hive lost during the winter. Not all of the honey is capped and I thought it smelled a bit fermented when I opened the bag. Would it be ok to put into a hive and let the bees clean them out before discarding the frames?