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So I went to check hives...to check the fondant levels.....I have an eke on each of my hives above the Crown board then fondant accessible by coming up from underneath the Crown board (if you follow) One of my hives has bees massing and gathering in the eke....when I went to check the fondant...

Hi there, So I have a hive that has almost filled a super...but only a little of it is capped... it's quite heavy....I reckon about 3/4 full (by it's weight) The hive is absolutely rammed....the bees are still all over the frames what should I do with it? I want to start treating with...

So.....I bought in a new queen from Black Mountain Honey.....lovely queen...made up a nuc with three frames of capped brood and some stores on 26 may......checked them on 4 June....they were rammed, brood everywhere and they were desperately building come to fill any space.......so moved them...

I have a hive with a charged queen cell in....they superceded her after she disappeared. Just curious...How long after a queen leaves/dies can a hive make a queen cell? I guess "how long after the Queen exits before a hive is considered to be hopelessly queenless?"

So....I went outside today and there were bees everywhere.....went through the bushes to find a swarm.... basically in the undergrowth on the floor........tried to get them up into a brood box with frames of foundation in it (floor removed) with a lid on it. I've added some pics.....is this the...

So I've watched the Patterson (Cushman) method of making up two frame nucs. And read lots of different articles/videos about making various size nucs. I was thinking of making up two nucs.....I've looked in my two hives and both are going well....got about four/five frames of brood...and about...

As per the title really.......I've been reading about single BB, double BB and 14x12. I understand the difference between each....but in reality does the extra space of a 14x12 give the colony an advantage over a standard single BB??

I have a hive I'm treating with apiguard at the moment...the hive now has two closed queen cells (with bees fussing them) and an open one in it.....I must have missed that on last inspection.....are the hive trying to supercede the queen (she is still in there) perhaps because of the low rate of...

Since the season seems to be drawing to a close I was thinking about varroa treatment. I was going to use apiguard now and do an oxi vape later in the year.....I only have two hives atm....one is a split from this year and is just a brood box.....the other has a super still on, it has about 7...

Am just in the process of clearing down a couple of supers to extract....but on removing the top super I have found what looks like mould or mildew along the tops of quite a lot of the frames????? Is that what the black is on the capped honey in frames??? ..and what should I do??? Cut it...

My hive has two honey supers that are pretty much full and capped. I've ordered a refractometer, a double sieve/filter and a frame extractor. I was wondering....obviously I need some buckets....will two 20L be enough? Also how many jars should I get? ...and lastly...sorry for the...

Howdy folks..... so.....my original hive has been pretty busy lately and they have a super on....it has about six frames of almost full drawn comb and each frame is half capped...the lower part not capped yet....two more frames are drawn and filling up...the outer two frames are being drawn. my...

First off .....I want to say thank you to folks who gave me advice on performing a pagden split....it worked really well...I now have two hives with two new queens that are laying well and seem to be settled into good rhythm. What is the best way to create a third hive from the two I...

I have seen several different methods for marking new queens......what is recommended for a beginner.... wouldn't want to damage her??

Howdy folks. So ....I've been following Will Kevans post about his swarm cell issues with great interest....I just went into my hive and there are Queen cells around the bottom area of one of the frames.....there are about three in all..... they're more like large cups than the big 🥜 shape...

So this morning the hive is a mass of activity....looks like they're throwing out a load of pollen...or cells...or something Are they short of space and making room???

Hey hey.....so my first hive has come through the winter and they seem to be going great guns coming and going....loaded with pollen...which is good 😎 ..but the weather here in Wales is a bit rubbish at the moment.....and the forecast for the next ten days is more mixed weather with low...

So .....I went out to my garage today to router some timber.....and when I put the lights on from nowhere there are about a dozen or so large dark looking bees......must be a wild bee colony in the roof space somewhere.... haven't been up to have a look. What do people do with bees that have...

... questions... questions... questions....I apologize in advance for being the new forum nuisance. Background is....I'm a new bee keeper...got my first nuc (mid July) from a reputable company...installed into my national hive...they have filled the standard brood box and there are lots of...

Hey everyone....so I got my very first nuc in mid July this year...I did worry it was a bit late...but due to the poor weather we had earlier in the year...and all the other contributing factors I guess...that was what it was...everything looks great in the hive...and the queen has been mega...