Search results

I seem to remember that supers should/can be stored with a sheet of newspaper between them, presumably with a sealed crown board or something on top ? Does anyone see any benifit / problem with wrapping the whole pile in "pallet wrap", an industrial type of cling film ? S

At the weekend I brought one of my brood boxes with old foundation back home from my out apairy, with a view to renewing the foundation. As expected there have been bees around for a few days nosing in new nucs which I had baited with some of the old frames, to see what happened. Today Mrs. S...

Bit of advice needed here please Last weekend there were lots of sealed queen cells in my brood and a half. The hive was very full of bees and stores as they were refusing to go up into the super which had been there a week. Loads of bees and could not find the queen, so my thinking was to thin...

I have got together some ply and intend to build a couple of nucs for use this season. After research I am unsure of the following. 1/ Should a nuc have a full or partial mesh floor or not at all? 2/ What ventilation should be provided up top, presumable dependent on answer to question 1...

I am a bit confused about why a lot of people go for double hive stands, I have, but don't quite know why. Is it for economy of build and stability reasons? Also, when doing an artificial swarm is it ok to place the hives 1m apart on a diagonal? The reason for asking is that the farm where I...