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Nope, no eggs and no larvae. only capped brood.

Hi all, i have a really big problem. I have a hive which seems healthy enough. Lots of bees lots of honey. But the biggest problem is the queen has disapeared. It does not seem that the colony has swarmed as the hive is still loaded with bees. Also no queen cells. And the bees have not tried to...

I didn't even know there was one. Where and when is it and who do I contact about it? I would love to add to my knowledge. If a job is worth doing it's worth doing well.

Hi all Beekeepers. I have been very good so far, and have abstained from inspecting my hives. Can anyone tell me when the conditions will be right? I don't want to open them up too early, but on the other hand i don't want to leave it until their on the brink of swarming. I'm sure the weather...

this is really typical of the Americans. Their arrogance really annoys me. They seem to think that the way they handle the bees is normal and good for the colonys. And then they ask why the bees are dying out. I did notice that when they made a big thing of the food they fed to the bees, they...

excellent tip with the jam jar louiseww. i'll try this, sounds like a good tip. Many thanks.

Hi to all fellow bee keepers. Does anyone have any experience in using icing sugar instead of smoke when working with there bees? I have heard that it is supposed to be just as or even more effective as the bees are too busy grooming to bother you. Any info on this would be great. Also where can...

Thanks for the advice all. I went to have a look today and remove all queen cells and found they had swarmed again. But as luck would have it found the swarm and removed the queen. Went through the hive and removed all queen cells i could find except one which was hatching so i let it into the...

Hi all, im new to bee keeping. I bought my first hive sept 09, and successfully got them through the winter. On inspection in april i noticed the first queen cells developing so removed them. The next week more queen cells, so i thought a good opportunity to do a split and get two hives. So i...