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I wouldn't imagine it's an easy business and from my experience STB has always been excellent. Maybe its a matter of quitting whilst I'm ahead and enjoying retirement. Let's be honest, people's pockets are being squeezed and I'm sure this will be more noticeable this year when rising day to day...

🤣🤦 I do sometimes think I'm the Benny Hill of Beekeeping 🤦

Great advice 👍

So, I was doing a final check on my nucleus hives today. What a complete hash I made of it. Couldn't find the queen in one so thought I'd give it a second go, still no queen but saw a few eggs so thought ok, leave it alone, give it a tidy up and stick the lid on. The feking lid wasn't going down...

Yeah, kind of what I thought to be honest Jeff, just thought I'd double check. I was told I couldn't split within a couple of meters of a hive, but when I had no other option I did it three times and each time worked, not that I'm saying it's the correct thing to do. Thanks anyway Jeff, much...

Thanks Ian

Unfortunately, this week. I thought I may be able to hold off for a few weeks, but that's no longer an option.

Hi all, just looking for a little advice or suggestions. I have no option but to move 12 nucs I'm overwintering to another location. Unfortunately, the only location I have is a mile down the road in my new apiary. I hear/see it all the time, if moving bees you should move them 3 miles away...

Thanks @enrico that was the general rational behind my thinking.

@Ian123 I would stretch to two. I'm not overly confident on the queen so more an experiment if being totally honest. And I'm taking it from another six frame nuc set up for overwintering that is now five frames full of brood.

So just putting it out as a general ask. Considering starting off a one frame nuc for overwintering. A full frame of brood and full frame of stores due to having a spare queen. Too late as just entering August?

Awesome, thanks for the advice @Erichalfbee

I was but I've stopped now due to all frames been loaded

Hey @Erichalfbee, there lies the problem. Its only half full of bees, maybe a little over. I'm guessing due to the mated queen taking taking so long to be released they just filled the brood frames with stores?? All six frames have been drawn and completely filled with stores literally no room...

Ah thanks @Erichalfbee I'd have loved to have had already drawn frames but had to go with foundation. Out of interest, why wouldn't you advise changing three frames. It's a six frame nuc from BS Honey. Essentially I'm still left now with four full frames of syrup/nector/honey/stores and only...

So I recently my first split, two weeks ago. Three frames of brood and three frames of foundation plus introduced a mated queen. Checked after 7 days and the queen was still stuck in the cage but had been accepted as soon as she ran out all the bees around her were calm. Left another 7 days...

@Erichalfbee @Swarm thanks for your advice. I'll be sure to open the entrance tomorrow morning. @Swarm I did shake extra bees in, that being said I didn't have a full frame of stores, so I have substituted that and filled the feeder up to keep them going.

Hey @Swarm it does indeed. I recorded it, bit sure if you can hear it as there some background noise but it sounds similar.

Hey @Erichalfbee they are shut in. I've had to place it next to my two existing hives, about 6ft away. I was strongly advised keep them enclosed for a day and then place a small amount of grass in the entrance as to give best chance success of forcing reorientation. They've got ample feed and...

Hi @Erichalfbee thanks for the reply. There is foundation in there. It's a six frame poly nuc, so put in three frames of brood all with a bridge of stores on top of each frame and three frames of foundation. I've read about it might be the bees chewing to get out?