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Well it was a very small colony so I insulated the crown board and made two internal insulated reducers (not sure correct term) to take hive down to essentially a nuc inside a large hive body with open mesh floor and fed with fondant. Not connected to this, the colony ultimately became...

Hallo me again 😊 I’ve followed the advice given and so far so good so thank you it’s been very much appreciated. I’ve been feeding syrup and have completed a course of varroa treatment and I’ve seen the queen. The colony has expanded considerably from what it was but is on only 5 frames in...

Oh it’s in the garage now I just left it there for a while as there were some bees in it.

So the lower brood box is full of old comb and bees. The frames were stuck so thought best to leave alone. Removed the other super which had some activity in it so have left it near the hive for now also took the queen guard off. Then put a clean brood box on top so hope the queen wanders up...

Thank you for the replies just so just so I understand… Does the queen like to move higher up if she can? What happens to the old brood box underneath, will it become empty and eventually need to be removed? If I manage to find her do I move that frame into the new brood box above the old...

ok so we’ve had a look inside please bare in mind I’m a complete and utter novice but very keen to learn. The hive has three boxes and is a National. We took the top box off there’s a few bees in the old comb but not many. So we have taken that one off and left it for the moment beside the...

Hi thanks for the welcomes :) I’m just south of Lincoln. My garden is all sorts from fruit and veg to flowers. The lavender seems to be the most popular with the bees at the moment.

Hi thank you, they’ve been there just 5 days so will wait a few more then have a look. I’ll will definitely be visiting the beginners section with lots of questions!

Hallo everyone I’m completely new to beekeeping. My husband dabbled but wasps invaded both hives and that was the end of that. Anyway one hive was still in the garden looking pretty but with no residents until last week when I saw a random swarm of honey bees moving in. They’re still there so I...