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:boxing_smiley:As a newbie to this forum - which I find very helpful and supportive in the main -I am surprised at the tone of some of the responses to newbie questions by "more established" beekeepers. I'm glad to know I am not the only one on this forum who has raised objections to...

:willy_nilly: How do you position the entrances to hives to prevent drift of bees? I know entrances are not supposed to be in line with each other yet I have seen many pictures of apiaries set out in straight lines or blocks. Many apiaries seem to use a method of placing four hives on a...

When a virgin queen has her mating flight, how many bees accompany her? Is it 20 or so drones or hundreds or what? Is it only drones that accompany the virgin queen? Can't find this info in the books that I have.

Noting all the things that hobbiest beekeepers do to look after their bees e.g. weekly inspections. I was wondering how do commercial beekeepers with several thousand hives look after their bees? It's one thing to inspect a hive every week when you have just a few hives, but surely this is not a...

I'm in my first year of beekeeping and I'm still quite confused about certain things:confused:. I know that you have to inspect hives at specified periods in order to prevent or reduce the possibility of swarming. Having inspected my hive last week and seeing all is well I intended to inspect...