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  1. Mabee

    £99 honey!

    Ad popped up on my FB, thankfully it’s free shipping… https://uk.steenshoney.com
  2. Mabee

    “Crunchy Honey”

    This came up on my news feed and found it quite interesting…. thoughts? https://www.honeybeesuite.com/crunchy-honey-an-innovative-way-to-market-crystallized-honey/
  3. Mabee

    Thoughts? What’s Happened Here?

    On removing treatment from a hive the other day I spotted some drones so had a quick look to see what the situation was. Bit of background: Originally 2 sister queens in 3 frames nucs. Both had bad chalk brood, one really bad and struggled to build up. Combined the two hives at start of...
  4. Mabee

    Bee attack or bad reporting?

    https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/02/ohio-man-20000-bee-stings-recover I just read this article about a man who while trimming a tree cut into a so called “bee nest” and was then attacked. According to a source he had 1 inch stingers left in him, huge bees, even if the Africanised...
  5. Mabee

    Queen Introduction - Why wait?

    I have introduced a few new queens to my apiary this year using the push-in cage method, which I find works really well. The last introduction, due to other commitments meant I had to remove the old Q and introduce the new queen immediately (I had read Michael Palmer does this), I couldn't...
  6. Mabee

    Swarm Control Confusion

    So one of my busiest hives had multiple queen cells yesterday both capped and uncapped, but hive was full so don’t believe they have swarmed. Also didn’t see queen but there were eggs. Have a full on head cold and my brain just went blank, I suddenly couldn’t remember what I was supposed to...
  7. Mabee

    Making a change from Commercials to Nationals

    I started with Nationals, then bought some unusual hives (I no longer have) which were compatible with commercials so now most of my bees in commercial bb, I still have some nationals. I’d really like to go back to only nationals as I find them easier to manage and split vertically. So i’m...
  8. Mabee

    multiple eggs and supercedure

    inspected a colony today and spotted a well tended to supersedure cell, big well fed larvae inside. I also found a small patch of eggs but did not find the queen (haven’t seen her all this year), but have seen eggs so far. Then on one frame I found a section with multiple eggs, thoughts are...
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    Requeening hive with better genetics - emergency cells

    So, I may be told this is not a good a plan as I think it is but here goes…(I am looking to check i’ve not missed something vital here) I have a hive in which I don’t like the queen much. Bees not the best natured and could be better in general. They are currently in a single commercial brood...
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    Fence building and grumpy bees

    I have bees in an out apiary which are a bit grumpy and the guards are quite defensive. They face a fence which has nothing on the other side, just trees and a small valley. I intend to split this hive and requeen when I get two new queens from a supplier on here, which i’ve heard great things...
  12. Mabee

    Bringing Out The Dead

    I currently have two hives in the garden and have been watching and comparing them this year. One big noticeable difference is the dead being brought out from one hive, there is currently a daily deposit of (5-20) dead bees being left at the entrance, on the other hand the second hive has had...
  13. Mabee

    Beekeeping Tool Box / Trug

    I really need to get something better than a small rucksack for taking to my out apiary and I’m looking into a tool box or trug type thing but not sure which is the best practically. Obviously should hold a smoker and hive tools and maybe a smaller compartment for the bits and bobs. Something...
  14. Mabee

    Adapting Kit To Make Mating Nucs

    I found this link to making mini mating nucs from a Langstroth shallow brood box http://www.waikatobeekeepers.org.nz/media/1476/how-to-make-a-mini-mating-nuc.pdf and as I'm planning ahead, wanted to explore mating nucs. I have various poly nuc boxes and 2 x 3 frame wooden nucs, but as I want to...
  15. Mabee

    Moving Nucs -3miles

    I have been researching and have lots of conflicting advice. I need to move a nuc about a mile. They have a new laying queen about 2 weeks now (1). Plan is to move in evening and leave in nuc for 72hrs (2), put branches in front of hive when I open and place old nuc in old spot for old foragers...
  16. Mabee

    AZ Hives in Beeshed

    Thought i’d share my garden set up. I have two (in use) Slovenian AZ hives in our ex summerhouse. I’ve not overwintered them in here yet but both colonies doing really well so far. These hives are designed to go inside sheds and open like a cabinet at the back, the door has a built in feeder...
  17. Mabee

    Feeling sorry for small colony

    I just wanted to share something that happened a few days ago. I had an apidea which i’d removed the queen from and i’d decided to put the queen i’d removed from the hive (where new queen went) in with the remaining bees in the apidea to give a chance to survive. Anyway found her dead in the...
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    How Long Before Checking Queen

    I know I read this information somewhere but can’t find it now. Bees raised a queen from emergency cells, she’s been out and mated a few days, the last being 20th, when I saw her return. Pollen now going in at entrance. I have written in my notes to check for eggs in Aug 3 (allowing a...
  19. Mabee

    Split Dlemma, Advice Needed

    So I split my one hive in May, moved the old queen with brood and stores to a new nuc (i’ll call this hive OQ) and the old colony (i’ll call NQ) raised a queen which I heard piping so I know she hatched and I made sure there was only one cell, that was 2 weeks ago. The NQ colony has been...
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