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Hi everyone, I'm looking for advice and reassurance that I've done the right thing. I'm new to beekeeping having got my first hive last August. This year I had planned on expanding the number of colonies so got 2 nucs. I did an inspection yesterday and noticed numerous capped swarm cells, so I...

Hi, I got my first hive last year and so far has gone perfectly surviving the winter. I want to rear a couple of new queens to increase the number of hives I have. For this I was going to get a marking pen, so red for this year, but was wondering if it's just worth buying a set of five. Will I...

Hi everyone, I'm going into my first winter with one hive and due to my limited experience with hefting I decided to put a couple screws in and weigh with luggage scales. I got an overall weight of 24.5kg, but do have a heavier than average roof as it's gabled. Do you think I'm slightly...