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Good afternoon. So, during a recent inspection, my brother poked his finger into the very corner of one frame in the super 🤦🏼‍♀️, only a tiny bit and he was suitably admonished! He said the honey tasted amazing. However, I put Apilife Var into the hive five days ago so the honey had a thymol...

Hi. I’m considering converting my shop bought National hive floors to underfloor entrances, as per Laurence BMH instructional YouTube. My question is, and apologies if this has been covered previously but I did do a thread search and couldn’t find a great deal, is it worth the effort? The...

Hi all. I’ve absolutely loads of these that have come off the goat willow tree in my garden. Is it safe, after drying, to use them in the smoker? 🙂

Hi all. In six weeks time I am relocating to Wales from York. The drive will be around 5 hours assuming I make no stops. Would anyone be able to offer any advice on how best to seal the hives for transporting and how best to "settle" them once I eventually get to Wales? Any general hints and...

Apologies in advance for a somewhat lengthy post. On 25th April I took delivery of a 6 frame over-wintered nuc. All appeared to be going well until 27th May. I had spotted around four queen cells, plenty or stores but no eggs or larvae. After posting for advice on my local beekeeping group, I...

Good afternoon I hope everyone is having a great Christmas. I was wondering if someone could help. When I was much younger my family kept bees and I've always wanted to do the same. I was given an unassembled National Cedar hive for Christmas but there are no instructions with it! I have...