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I have had two hives over the winter and put fondant on both just after Christmas, when there were bees evident in both. Now one has happy flying bees bringing in pollen (not today obviously!) and the other is quiet, so yesterday I peeked inside and there are no bees to be seen. None at all...

Thank you all for your comments, really helpful and given me confidence; I will get on with it today!

I have a hive that I need to move 10 yards down the garden by the spring. Have started moving it about 3' a week but as the bees aren't coming out because of the weather, how do they benefit from the small steps? At this time of year is it best to just move them all the way with a branch in...

Thanks Enrico, I will give that a try today!

Hello all. I want to feed back the stores in my super frames to the bees, as there is not much in them and barely capped. I tried putting them over the crown board with the surfaces scratched a bit, but after a couple of days the bees seem to be trying to repair and continue filling. No sign of...

Thanks for the reply and the welcome. I have gone for the shake out this morning and removed the hive, but half the bees have settled where the hive used to be and the other half have found the queen excluder that I took off and put out to clean up a few yards away, and huddled on that. I am...

Hi All, My first post. I'm a fairly new beekeeper, this is my third year. Issues with swarming this year and I have two nucs left with bees in that, as for Angularity, don't seem to have any eggs/brood but they struggle on. I would like to tidy these small hives up for winter and give the bees...