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Sorry to be boring ,as this question has probably been asked 100 times, but can someone advise me on the best way to change my national frames over to 14x12, or were i can get the information on the forum. Thanks Buzz

Up date, just had a phone from my friend to say that they had gone, so you were right Rae HM has escaped.

Hi i am a new beek, got a call yesterday from a friend who is also a new beekeeper that her bees where swarming. went round to her house and they were all over the hive and milling around then i spotted the queen on a post, caught her and put her in another hive close by with the QE on the...

Seen a few round the hives the last couple of weeks, can`t say i remember seeing them this time last year. buzz

Could be drone cells

I have been proactive in that i have been takeing cetirizine dihyrochoride, 1 a day non-drowsy it cost me 4.99 from the chemist but managed to get it on the internet for 0.99,but still reacting badly to being stung. Buzz

Hi, I have started to react to being stung,advised to take anti-histamine tablets daily but got stung yesterday on the throat cam eup like a football. any body had simailier experience, i don`t want to give up on the bees. Buzz

Two bee or not two bee, that is the question. Buzz

Thanks Must Dash just ordered mine. Buzz

You could stock anti-histamine tablets which can buy over the counter

Checked the bees yesterday, got one and ahalf supers full of capped honey, no sign of queen, eggs or brood, very few bees in the supers. Checked the double brood boxes got sealed brood, eggs,stores and loads of pollen.

You could put some on a couple of weeks before sowing, and then put some wood ash (potassium) in the summer ....Buzz

Hi Darran, Growmore fertiliser is slow releasing so needs to be sprinkled on 2 weeks be planting. I tend to use more blood,fish and bone meal, putting it around the plants to give them a boost. carrots and parsnips are best not planted in freshly manured ground as it can make the fork....Buzz

Hi Can anyone offer mentorship in Mid-Glam area, Starting my second season but could do with help0 and advice. Buzz:cheers2:

Thanks everyone for the advice. Buzz

No queen excluder on. As a new beek and a member of my local beekeeping club, i advised to leave the 2 brood boxes on as the queen was such a good layer, and also to leave 1 super of stores for then, as i said earlier i put a wet super on which they re-filled in a week ,so i left that one on as...

Thanks Rosti for your advice. Buzz

I was adviced too leave a supper on for the bees, I then returned a wet supper for them to clean but they filled it up in a week. I have also treated them with Apigard and oxalic . Buzz

May someone can advice me, I have a double brood box and 2 suppers on from over the winter, should i look at taking one off or leave it until the weather is warmer. They have been bring in a lot of pollen the last few days. Buzz:smash:

Can you give the name of the saw mill