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AS put into new hive mid/end may. 5 frames with 2 so heavy with stores could hardly be lifted! think mating flight took place early june - no eggs or larvae seen yet. checked last tuesday and still lots of stores, happy bees but no eggs or larvae to be seen yet (didnt have specs on so may...

my girls were a bit cross the other day when i checked them and stung me loads of times on my gloves. i seem to remember reading somewhere that once they've left their stings in your gloves, it seems to attract others the next time and you get loads more stings!! is this right? and if it is...

neighbour did an AS couple of weeks ago and 5 frames, plus unsealed QC's went into my hive havnet been in since as didnt want to disturb anyone, plus weather been absolutely rubbish however today i was working in the garden (nice sunny day) and noticed huge activity at the front of the hive...

Here's the story (i warn you it's a long one, but better too much than not enough i think): my neighbour and I are both new-ish beeks (got our colonies last summer) & both have/had single colonies till last week. neighbour's hive was full to bursting, so last week (monday) he split his hive...

basedin scotland (Fife) and got first lot of bees this time last year. they made it through the winter and i think the Q isn't very good. checked them today and only have 3 frames of capped brood - and one of them wasout my neighbours hive a couple of weeks ago! any ideas or suggestions?

My neighbour has 2 hives, one of which is amazingly strong and,. presumably will be swarming soon. She's knocked off QC's (empty)but realises that this won't prevent what they want to do. She has just gone off for 10 days (family wedding so couldn't be avoided) and before leaving put on second...

my neighbour and I both have one hive each. We both have blue queens (unrelated) and both did a hive inspection today. He has 5 full frames of brood; 3 frames of stores and they are also upstairs in the super drawing out that comb. (No QC's being built so far). I, on the other hand, have 1...

Put a bag of fondant in for my bees in December. Still not finished, though bag full of bees at all times. However, on quick inspection the other day, i noticed that they are building some nice comb in the middle! is this normal? and what should i be doing about it? i watched them for a bit...

myself and two neighbours are all new beeks. Between us there are 4 hives. Hopefully next year we'll have more hives and lots of honey, so we've decided to buy the best extractor that we can and to pool our resources to do so. so i suggested that i asked you knowledgeable lot what you'd...

I live in Scotland and I've noticed the last couple of nights it getting chilly. I got my bees this Spring and the queen (new) seems to have done a good job with brood on 5-6 frames. I added a super a couple of months ago as it all looked a bit crowed and though they have started drawing out...

my neighbour got his first nuc about 3 weeks ago. it had 2 sealed QC's and either 3 or 5 (i cant remember which) frames of brood and stores along with it. we did a hive inspection today and there seems to be significantly reduced numbers of bees, but, more worryingly, only drone brood. there...

does anyone have a recipe for mead suitable for a complete novice please? many thanks

one of my neighbours got his first nuc (of sorts) 2 weeks ago today. there were 2 capped QC's - both left in case of failure. he checked his hive for the first time today - 14 days later and both QC's are still capped......my books tell me 9 days before the new Q emerges. Bees were quite...

as above & refers to recent thread (national hive)

posted this elsewhere, but think this might be a better place -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i got a 3 frame nuc with an unsealed QC on the 23rd May this year. Did nothing with them other than move them to a BB, added a few more frames and...

Someone gave me some hive parts. I have scraped away all the gunk, sanded inside and out, blow torched it and have painted the outside of the super (paint from Thornes so I know it's ok for bees). I'd really like to put the super on tonight as we are having fab weather and I dont want them to...

ok so some of you remember my recent traumas so i thought i'd give you the update. went into my nuc today and Q has emerged from the bottom of the cell so all looks well. didnt see her though. we picked of 7 other QC's and as we did 2 Q's emerged there and then! fortunately had a much more...

got my nuc with unsealed QC a week past sunday. for a variety of reasons i havent been able to check the hive till tonight. lovely day, so thought the emerged queen might have taken her maiden flight today and didnt want to interrupt her during the day. situation is this: QC was broken so...

which is great, though he knows nothing about bees or hives - can anyone direct me to some plans for a national hive that someone like him can follow easily please?

Hi there, just getting into beekeeping and would love to have a spare hive/replace the old and worn out parts from the one i have. I live in Fife - anyone nearby got any spare parts to sell please?