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checked the feeders on the hives this afternoon and it appears as though one of them has swarmed.... They are a May AS and before we did varoa treatment they were on about 6 frames. Last week we put the super back on and fed with a contact feeder direct onto the top of the frames. We didn't...

I feel a bit silly, I was feeling flush so shelled out for a solar wax melter, but it doesn't work! Have tried it outside and in the conservatory but no luck. Does anyone else have any experience with these things?

I think we have got the timing all wrong with our 'banker' nucleus. I'm sure it's partly our fault as we were feeding to ensure they had enough stores until the queen could get out to mate, and last week the flow came on like a tap so we stopped. When we inspected today there are eggs in every...

Please bear with me with this one it's a long story - We did an AS on 18 April, we also took additional frames of brood and QC and made up a nucleus. By 15 May, the original Q and her flying bees had drawn and laid up 7 frames and we had seen queens on both splits but no sign of eggs. On...

I'm sure this is already on here somewhere, but can't find it. Can anyone help?

We did an AS last Monday, so far everything seems to be progressing well. We checked yesterday and HM is laying in the 'swarm hive' and the flying bees appear to have returned. The original hive has several capped and uncapped QC, so we moved it to the other side, rotated the entrance again...

Much to our relief, our single colony went through the winter in good shape, and is rapidly growing in numbers and filling the super with stores. Checking the hive this afternoon in the balmy sunshine I came across this..... Should I be thinking about getting out the nuc box?

Has anyone come across a queen cup in a super? We checked the hive this afternoon. In addition to moving the honey from the bottom of 3 supers into the top which was on for cleaning they have built a queen cup in this now empty super. It the foundation had been cut away round the back so it was...

Hi All Hubby and I have just completed a bee keeping course and need to find some bees. We have a shiny new national hive all ready for our bees, but the sources recommended by our local association are all sold out. We are willing to travel to collect, please can anyone help us?