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Hive stand ds are pretty level, however the ground is not, I always have a slight slope to the entrance anyway. The Abelo 12 frame has a built in slope in the floor. Both Abelo are the 12 frame and I find them very good with the rebate, stops boxes sliding about, non issues with water getting in...

This I'm my Apiary, sitting at the base of an apple orchard that is in all stages of blooming due to differing apple varieties. The all green Abelo is the brood and a half with the super on top. The red abelo is a full empty hive with a brood box of mostly drawn comb with some foundation, with...

I'm quite lucky, I have 2 bs honey poly nucs, one 12 frame Abelo full hive and another 11 frame poly hive all with frames and foundation. I have around 8 frames of drawn national deep too. I've put all of them on newly built stands in the Apiary with the idea that I should have everything to...

Yeah no Queen cells, this was taken after the inspection, think they were a bit miffed as it took a good 45 mins to go through, still plenty of room in the brood boxes. I inherited this setup, been a nightmare from the start. As I got the colony and hive in September or so, I didn't inspect...

Thank you very much, I was hoping g that was the answer as there were no eggs. The brood in the 2 boxes is fairly good, quite a lot of drone brood, but eggs are being laid in between one emerged by the looks of it. Hoping to do my first split as I think they're strong enough..

Hi all Did an inspection yesterday on my 2 colonies and in one that had a new super with foundation, I found around a dozen or so drone brood capped cells on 3 frames. Not masses of them, but the super was put on with just foundation, and a QE on the top half brood box. I'm a bit confused as to...