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Hi, I managed to get a swarm from a nearby tree on Monday evening 20.30ish I plan to transfer into a hive but the weather not good at the moment, how long can I keep them in a poly nuc 6 frame. There are no frames in just empty nuc as this was all I could lay my hands on.

My girls never cease to amaze me, came home from work yesterday 23rd Dec thought I would see if there was any sign of life at my hives and was greeted with the amazing humming sound that I have not heard for a long time.

Ho all, I have purchased a hand held microscope to look at what is exactly on the tray, it's amazing to say the least, from the obvious Varroa, to pollen to body parts, the one thing that I am unsure exactly what it is, is the purple bits, I have attached a few pics.

Hi all, the wife has made a batch of lip balm, Bee's wax, coconut oil, vitamin E and a few drops of essential oil for a bit of flavour, are we OK to sell this or does it come under some cosmetic regulations?????

I was not expecting to harvest any Honey this year but my 2 hives have done so well, I removed 5 frames (national deeps) in total from the 2 hives and ended up with 19 x 12oz jars + a little bit more of golden honey😊

I have purchased a pack of 10 Apivar strips and was planning on treating my 2 hives after harvesting the honey, so 2 strips on each hive, and the plan was to retreat in the spring so using a total of 8 of the 10 strips. Date on packet is 01/ 2023 but upon reading the packet it tells you to...

Hi all, I have constantly been monitoring for Varroa since I got my 1st colony, as of today I have never spotted any signs, having a clear crown board I have been able to closely monitor the Bee's, I have also opened up some Drone brood and I have also placed the screen board in for 24hrs at a...

Is there anything you guys do to reduce the temperature of the Hive? Hive 2 the girls spend a lot of time gathered on the landing board, but this afternoon whilst sat on the decking watching them, they seemed to have swarmed, now they flew around for a few minutes then landed in my tree. 10...

Hi guys so the next chapter in my little Apiary is The swarm I had and placed into my Nuc box was doing fine last inspection with the Queen spotted and brood in all stages etc, this week no stores in the hive at all and lots of dead bees outside the hive. The hive is being robbed showing all the...

Hi all, so last week after my inspection of the 2 hives and my Nuc containing a swarm I am in the following position, Hive 1, 13 frames of what looks like just honey / stores, no brood at all, plenty of Bee's but did not see a Queen. Hive 2, Original Queen after she swarmed from Hive 1. Doing...

I got my 1st Nuc in May all was going good until I had a swarm, luckily for me my Queen was clipped so ended up on the lawn, I caged her and placed 3 frames from the original hive into hive 2 along with 3 new waxed foundation frames and also shook in a couple of frames. She is doing brilliantly...