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How you getting on with these plans Hi. I have made a few abortive attempts to do the same thing. I wanted to be able to sell honey to a shop for them to retail. I contacted our local environmental health officer, who called out and explained what was required for a retail license. What...

What do you think might be a good method to treat five frame nucs with laying queens for varroa at this time of year? My bees are infested again, despite mesh floors and drone brood removal.

I once overloaded a queen with marker paint. She survived until she swarmed, after which she was found walking on the lawn! I guess her bees went back in that time.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Yea... When I had my first reaction, I was taking Diclophen (for an injury caused by a sheep! Since then i have lost a finger tip whilst handling a cow in a crush, and my knee ligaments are currently recovering from a sprain cased by a struggling calf...

Allergy Roy, I have had a couple of (milder than yours) allergic reactions myself (after 1 or 2 stings). After the first one I visited the hospital allergy department considering desensitisation treatment. I had a blood test which showed I was not allergic at the time of the test so I did not...

Requeen aggressive hive Have you ever requeened Troyca? and if so did it help?

It was interesting that you mentioned that the oil seed rape was far away, because my bees all get cranky at the end of May when the oil OSR nectar runs out. I am told that this is because foraging bees convert to guard bee duty. Prehaps your nectar ran out too. If they still have some eggs...

PROBLEM with POLY- I have 3 poly national hives from swienty. They don`t have a runner for the frame lugs to sit on, simply a shelf. This makes the frames more difficult to lift as the get propolysed to the shelf along the length of the lug. You need to be careful not to gouge the hive with...

How to make a nuc My local strain of bees likes to swarm and invariably give it a go once they have filled their brood box, despite plenty of super space over the queen excluder. More brood must equate to less honey, but swarming is even worse. I have been thinking that the bees might work...