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Thanks very much for your advice.

Cheers. Will lift the super and roof, treat the seams in the brood box and shut up shop.

Thanks everyone for your comments. The only remaining issue is where will the bees be? I didn’t take any honey though there was a fair bit. I removed the Qx and left them with a super on top of the brood box. Why I didn’t any honey is another story….

Apiguard Thymol end September / early October

I only have the one hive, which is probably a mistake, but seemed prudent financially at the time. Things we’re going well initially having expanded a nuc in to the hive. Then I eventually realised that I had lost the queen. The bees managed to produce a new queen, but numbers wise at October...

I am based in North West Leeds and I am a second year Beekkeeper. My first year was spent preparing my site on a local allotment and starting with one nuc of bees. I still have just the one hive of bees but I am hoping to expand without the need to buy any more bees. I use a Paynes poly hive...