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I have two apiaries and both are in residential areas. I guess you'd call it the suburbs. Ine is in greenbelt land and the other near a park. On previous years though they were all on 1 site and this was near a large park full of lime. Ot hist feels to me that they aren't where I would like them...

I'm based on Merseyside and have just read that everyone is having a bumper year. However, my bees have slowed right down. In the last week of warm weather they were packing in the nectar but it seems to have slowed right down. I know a lot of people take their supers off in August but in...

Thank you. They don't really have many mites. I was worried about the amount of food they were bringing in but they seemed ok on last inspection.

They were a bit slow getting started but came through the winter very well. They have only just started raising brood proper now the weather has improved. I was worried about them on my first inspection last week as their stores we a little light but in the week since they have filled a frame...

It's the same queen. I know as she is marked.

She was open mated but I've heard of second generation BF queens being hard work but not of openly mated queens. Is that a thing?

Erichalfbee A local breeder who is somewhat well respected but has seemed to has lost some credibility recently.

Hopefully someone can help me answer a question I can't seem to find an answer for. What I would like to know is this; Is it common for Buckfast queens to turn aggressive in their second year? I had a lovely colony of Buckfasts last year that overwintered well and were a joy to have. They were...

I just tried to message nantmoel but I'm not allowed to as I haven't posted enough

Hi, Sorry of this is formatted incorrectly, I'm new to message boards and this is my first ever post. I did really well last year and had a massive glut of honey which I managed to sell to colleagues and through family/friends. This year as I've expanded with more hives I was thinking of...