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thanks for all your advice. I'm really trying not to get overwhelmed and confused. I left a super on the hive at the end of last season as it looked like ivy honey and thought it was good to leave them food. I took the queen excluder out, so the queen wasnt left in the cold at the bottom of the...

Hello i've just looked at my hive, and there is a lot of activity outside and I'm wondering if i should inspect them? I left them with a super of honey before the winter and I've put fondant on in Janurary, but I left the queen excluder off and wanted to reinstate it pre the season, its 14c here...

I bought a colony back in June that seemed to be doing well but then August arrived and my queen stopped laying when I checked at the end of the month. I’ve just checked the hive, there seems to be lots of supplies and bees but I didn’t see the queen, but spotted 4 queen cells, so I presume...

Thanks Dani for your prompt reply, I've done as you suggested. Fingers crossed. Why do you suggest 3 days ? I'm just asking in case i can't get to them in three days, due to work or the weather. thanks again. Mike

I've just inspected my two hives and discovered in one my queen is missing, i can only presume as I didn't/can't find her and there is no brood on the frames its 11 frames of honey... I have a second hive which has 8 frames of brood and no supers, should I try and join them together or put out...

Same for me, I'm in Wiltshire, outside Bath, I have two hives, I've put supers on which both colony's haven't touched, they still haven't filled the brood box fully. I'm thinking maybe something is wrong...

My hive has failed, I’m not sure why. But their is mould on my frames. Can these frames be reused ? Can I recover the honey from the frames or should I burn them? I’m worried they may be diseased. The frames have a bluish mould on them. I’ve attached some pictures. I’ve been feeding, but i don’t...

Thanks for your reply. I hope you don't mind me asking, why would I need to put insulation on the crownboard? What is the inspection tray? I have a tray under the hive do you mean that? And how would I know if my queen is mated, someone is laying eggs and lots of brood, surely that means she's...

I got a my first swarm into my hive back in May, i had a hive with undrawn frames that i introduced them to. Fast forward a few months and the bees have drawn 4 frames of brood, queen is laying on these 4, and one other frame which the bees are storing with honey. There are still 4 frames...

Hello I have a new hive, i.e. recently bought and constructed the frames myself so everything is new. I have received a swarm from the local beekeeping society I am a member of. We introduced the swarm with one old frame with drawn out comb, this was 3 weeks ago and the frames are pointing...