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Hi all I take it that this is robbing. All was fine yesterday. All hives seem quiet as it's quite windy and has been a very wet day. Just this one showing a lot of activity around the top super, its quiet at entrance but a good few dead, wet bees at entrance.....

who forgot when they put on their 1st ever 2nd brood box (to make double brood box)on a hive. Only ever used single!! That there was a gap in one side !!!! :rolleyes::hairpull::banghead::banghead::banghead: should have added a super as a brood box- would have been safer!!!!!!

Why? Its drizzling.

Hi all. I managed to "catch" a cast today from one of my hives. seemed quite big, started with a nuc under the tree and when a good while later they seems quite a lot, changed it gently to a national. Not had that happen before! (the cast) That was about 2-3pm today. There are still about 20...

Hi all I presently have 3 apideas on the go. AP 1, made on 25/5/15 with sealed queen cell, queen found to be laying a few days ago, all well. Ap 2 and 3 made a few days ago, also with sealed queen cell. They had been out flying nicely for last two days. Today i checked on them at 8am, just...

I had a hive overwintering(brood and half) with a july 2014 queen.( treated with apiguard end of Aug and oxalic in Dec) all fine. Feb 2015 bull calves over turned hive. I found it with 3 other over turned hives in a spell of very cold continual rain. Could have been exposed for a few days. On...

sounds interesting with Chris Packham and Martha Kearney revealing the mysteries of the honey bee. With the help of Professor Adam Hart, Chris and Maratha are on a quest to find out how the bees survive winter.

A queen just emerged out of what I thought was a dead queen cell in a q less hive and was picking open out of interest to see at what stage she had died at .... falling to the ground in very long grass ( by me dropping her as one hand was not enough!!!! ( and she was lovely looking) and the...

Hi all i tried a bait hive this year for the first time. I had it placed for the last 3 or 4 weeks. It is a small nuc size box with drawn and old foundation, 3 frames of such and dummy boards to fill and laced with lemon grass oil. I could not find a place high enough for it an it fell off a...

I had this hive with a red june 2013 queen marked and clipped.. Was on 7frames bias and not great temperament. on 23rd may - 2 x empty play cells. on 30th may - few empty play cells, one charged - Artificial swarm performed. present queen/stores/pollen/bias/+few new foundation frames moved to...

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All :welcome: Banner Beekeepers Association of Co Clare, Ireland will be holding their 3rd Annual Conference on "Bee Improvement and Queen Rearing" in The Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, Co Clare on Sunday 3rd February 2013. We have several excellent speakers including Keith Piece, John Donoghue...

They seem to be chucking out drones in one hive and the other right next door is has a uncapped fully charged queen cell, and they both had supercedure queens in July (old queens 1 year old), Was just about to put apidguard on, might be wise to wait, but weather will be against me (thats the...

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How perfect does a frame of sealed honey for show have to be??? Does every single cell have to be capped, including corners or is it more than the cappings have to have a lovely uniform white colour? I have one frame that I think might do for saving as I am just about to spin a few other...