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At the end of June I had two supers brimming with honey in various stages of sealing. Come the beginning of September I have a few isolated corners of stores. I put this down to the wet July and early August. I wonder how other Beekeepers faired generally.

Dear Oracle, At the end of August (post harvest) both my hives were well stocked and took in several litres of syrup. Following VM treatments and preparations for winter I reduced full inspections carried out minor visual monitoring. I’ve seen plenty of activity from both hives until this recent...

When would be the best time to move my hives to a new location please. They’re currently in a filed close by and I want to relocate them to the garden. 1/4 mile max.

Would someone put my mind at rest here please. Sun is about to go down and my gals are not doing what I’d expect.

Should I be concerned about the appearance of several queen cups in one of my hives?

Took this short clip on my iPhone earlier. Might be of interest to you.

Sirs, I ask for your advice again! One of my hives has had a large gathering outside and around the entrance. I’ve been putting this down to the heat until yesterday. So, same thing but much more activity. On closer inspection there were bees fighting each other, there were wasps fighting bees...

Can anyone tell me what these two are up to please? They were doing this for several minutes. In the end I left them to it…

Does anyone know whether using hot wax to seal joint gaps in my DIY feeders is feasible and how would I go about it please.

Dear experts, I’ve been unable to monitor my hives for a couple of weeks. Last time I checked there was plenty of space, brood, stores with year one queens in both. Today in hive one, no queen a single capped QC and reduced brood. Plenty of stores and space. Hive two has a new queen with zero...

Dear experts, My two hives have been prolific so far this season. I have at least one super fully loaded and sealed. There are two other supers on the same hive. One is two thirds loaded the other just introduced. Am I able to remove the full super and store in my garage, shed, outhouse for a...

Dear experts, Is there any evidence to support a claim that bees can recognise there keepers? I was chatting with a fellow keeper yesterday who made the remark.

Advice please experts. Attached is an image of the brood box through Perspex crown board. As you can see there are several patches of comb appearing between the CB and the frames. What you may not be able to make out is that these are actively being filled with stores. Should I stick another...

Good morning experts. I poked my nose into the apiary yesterday and noticed the level of activity has stepped up exponentially since Sunday. Should I consider swapping the entrance block to the larger opening.

Will year one queens be unlikely to swarm. Both belong to good strong colonies. I have a new flat pack hive kit just in case. The original colony was a few years old when I got it with the second colony being formed via a controlled swarm from the first. Both colonies later became very...

Can I introduce another round of Apiguard to illuminate a new bout of Varroa. After checking my boards this afternoon, it seems Varroa are on the rise. Both hives were very active earlier today too.

I have pretty much wrapped my bees up ready for winter. The brood box is looking good and they have stores in one super on top too. I have another super on top of this for periodic feeding over the coming season. Is this about right?

Hi there, Does the crush and drain method of extraction taint the flavour of the honey.

Hi, What’s the best method of removing bees from capped supers/frames and where’s the best place to store capped frames ready for extraction please.

Hi there, I’m a first year beekeeper with two colonies. I recently requeened both because they were extremely aggressive towards anything that came near. One requeening has been successful. The other not so. I checked them both for the first time last night after 14 days. The hive without a...