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    Winter treatment

    Hi quick question about winter treatment, due to bad weather today is the first chance I've got to vap my few hives and was wondering if one dose of oa was enough at this time of year or would I be better of doing 3 at 5 day apart. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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    Play cups

    Any advice welcome, I inspected the bees yesterday and found 5/6 play cups with eggs in 4 of them, I'm thinking this is maybe them starting to prep to swarm but I also read that eggs in play cups is not uncommon? I closed them up to have a think of the next step im going to take and I'm planning...
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    How far should bait boxes be from a hive

    This is probably a stupid question but how far away should bait boxes be from a hive and also what kind of distance should they be spaced out? As I'm new to bee keeping I don't have any old comb to put in the boxes so what would be the best alternative? Thanks
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    First time bee keeper from co.Down

    Hi I'm completely new to this, just got a 6 frame nuc last week and noticed what I think looked like a swarm cell(looked like a peanut) on the bottom of one of the frames. (I was only able to glance at it through the opening of hive) Im guessing its far to early for it to be a swarm cell, its...
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