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I think I’ve messed up… I harvested some honey in August-got quite a good batch, and knowing that the Himalayan Balsam was out, I put all the supers back on top for the bees to reuse. Just looked in again today and there’s a fair bit of honey there but all uncapped and all over the place...

I’ve got quite an angry colony (my strongest) who were quite placid last year. I did a split in the spring and they also swarmed shortly afterwards but have built their numbers back up. I looked in on them yesterday and the brood box is very full of brood. Could this be making them angry and...

My cousin has asked me for some comb honey. Is it just a case of cutting a piece out of what I’ve got (trying not to include the wire in the foundation) or do I need to start again with special foundation, or no foundation at all?

Anybody tried Honey for Men?

Apologies if this has already been asked-I did search but couldn’t find anything. Last year was my first year and so I only harvested my honey once in September. I’ve sold it to friends and family and everybody loved it (biased maybe?) Anyway, this year I’m running out of frames and supers so...

I have some two-year-old foundation-it seems a bit more brittle than the fresher stuff but looks useable. Will the bees be ok with it?

I performed a (I think it’s called a Pagden) split on the 2nd May. The Q+ colony is doing well but there is no brood or signs of eggs in the Q- colony 22 days later. Should the new queen have mated by now? I can’t see one. The queen cell that I left in there had been opened three weeks ago and...

Hi everyone, Been lurking for a while and thought it was high time to say hello. I live on the North-West coast of Wales and am just starting out on my beekeeping adventure. I got a nuc this time last year and have managed to keep them alive through the winter and am looking forward to another...