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Hi, I installed an overwintered nuc (bought from BS Honey Bees) in its new hive about 14 days ago. I inspected today and discovered that they have drawnout about 3.5 new frames. I saw BIAS and found the queen. On the first newly drawn there were a cluster of queen cups in the centre of the...

I’m in my first year of beekeeping; can I check that I am not making a stupid mistake? I have two colonies. Where I am in Cumbria June and early July have been something of a wash out (lots of rain and a temperature hovering around 14c). On inspection each colony has had a continuing reduction...

Last week I added a super to a hive which started as a nuc. All frames were drawn out and the brood box seemed full. It is a national hive with bottom bee space. I added a wire framed QE below the super with the bee space down. This morning I have inspected and found that the bees seem to be...

Hi Everyone This morning I had a lot of activity at the entrance of a hive with some of the bees being much more aggressive than this colony usually is. When I got closer I could see a lot of drones on the ground outside the hive, many of whom had wings that look odd (to me at least). I attach...

Hi, I inspected one of my hives this morning and was pleased to see that the nuc I installed 2 weeks ago has already drawn out 4 frames of foundation. I’m slightly nervous that the brood pattern contains a lot of drone cells though and wondered if anyone has any comment on the attached photos...

Hi Everybody, I’m very new to this and apologise if this is a stupid initial question (I have tried and failed to find the answer in numerous books and it also wasn’t covered in a course I did). I am due to take delivery of my first ever nuc in the next few weeks. I have been reminding myself...