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Thanks for the advice so far. I'm still a bit concerned about the frames that have been in a hive and never drawn out. I've no reason to believe its inferior foundation (it was bought from a reputable supplier). Cheers.

In the process of stocktaking in my beekeeping equipment shed last week I found, some unused foundation stored in a drawer. I've also found some unused frames that my bees never drew out. My question is: can old foundation be rejuvenated to make it more attractive to bees? Ive heard it...

True. Very few wasps last year. But the year before I had a colony completely robbed out by the little stripy buggars.

The BBKA are offering supplies of the Vaso Wasp trap. And suggest it could be used around the apiary. Vaso suggest a honey water mix as bait. Wouldn't this trap as many bees as wasps, rendering it unsuitable for the apiary?

I didn't feed with syrup last autumn as I had returned lots of wet supers to the fives, consequently the bees had plenty of stores. Also I seem to have plenty of bees, and brood at all stages of development. I'm reluctant to replace frames on a peace meal basis as I'm thinking of putting the...

I did my first inspection on Tuesday. Three hives and two nucs survived the winter all queen-right. However, all the colonies have stores of honey in the brood boxes. I was wondering, if I put supers on, will the bees move the honey stores up in order to give themselves more room for brood?

Time, I think, for my bees to be moved onto new foundation. So, do I shook swarm them, or do a Bailey change. The objectives are: to reduce the veroa and any other decease. And to discourage swarming later in the spring.

Rebuilt a re-cycled shed to use as a beekeeping equipment store. Bees flying nearby, don't seem to have any loses.

Is it correct to say 'only certain varieties of lavender are suitable for honey bees'. Something to do with the flower shapes and the length of the honey bee's proboscis. If so, which particular varieties of lavender are the most beneficial. We have lavender in our garden, covered in bees but...

So, it seems this idea is a runner. There also seems to be mileage in using steam to help in the cleaning of poly hives. Cheers

I'm thinking of taking BeeBase advice and using my domestic steam wallpaper stripper to recover old wax from frame etc. Having converted to poly hives I have some old wooden National hives I could use. I wonder if anyone has used this method of wax recovery, and if they have any advice on the...

Thank you Redwood. What size and shape package? Cheers.

In the spring I'm hoping to sell three colonies at the Brinsbury college beekeeping and equipment sale. At the moment the colonies are on jumbo frames. My intention is to sell them as six frames nucs. I intend to shook swarm them onto new foundation early in the season. My question is: What...

Ok a bit more information. I put the wet supers back on the hives above a large feeder. The feeder had cappings in it (I like to give the bees the opportunity to take the residue honey off them). Above the feeder I put a brood box with just a few odd-sized frames in it ( this was to try and...

Last autumn I put my honey supers back on the hives for the bees to clean. With the mild weather, they continued to forage. Consequently the supers were never cleaned/emptied. Now we have a cold snap I went to the hives to treat with oxalic acid I removed all supers. Some of them have a bit of...

Best piece of of advice i was given when in your position last year was "the bees will sort it out" and, do you know what, they did. I find myself in the same position this year, but I'm just as worried as last. repeat the mantra "the bees will sort it out" (hopefully)

pricerunner do i nice little greenhouse heater, 45 watts for less that 20 quid. but i'm not convinced it will get the temperature up high enough without setting the whole shooting match on fire..

Is darkening of the wax an issue. Mostly I only want to sell/swap it for foundation. Although she-that-I-generally-obey-because-I-know-whats-good-for-me might dabble in candle or cosmetic making.

I'm planning to construct a solar wax extractor. i have most of the necessary gubbins. I can't start a project without worrying about it for weeks before starting. I woke up at for this morning fretting about putting an electric heating element under the tray for use in the dark days of autumn...

Getting my first visit from the bee inspector tomorrow. Should I offer tea and a biscuit.