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Hello I started beekeeping this year and have tried so hard not to kill a single bee when working on the hives. Every little clumsy "crunch" was taken to heart and I thought I was doing pretty okay. No smoke and few casualties either way. Yay the beeking God cometh!! Oh how different it is...

Hello I united two nucs on the 1st September using the spray method, and it all went horribly wrong! They fought terribly and I suspected the queen was murdered. I've just carried out the first proper inspection and my fears were confirmed. No brood and really aggressive bees. Main lesson...

Hello, I'm already thinking about how I'm going to keep them warm over winter and was thinking about the addition of two expanded polystyrene slabs (the white rigid stuff) either side of the frames (with OMF and crown board insulated - no vent). Maybe about in inch thick cut to the full size of...

Hello, Following on from another thread, I wondered how many "colony years" of beekeeping are here and Polyhive replied with around 750!! That'd be a 750 year old beekeeper with one hive (sort of). It might be fun to get some numbers here for the Forum. My Association totalled around 3500...

Hello, I had my bees drawing out foundation and building up numbers in the centre of my national brood box - with the undrawn frames either end. An experienced beek has advised me to move the fully populated frames to one end, and leave only one end for the bees to concentrate on building up...

This was posted by Admin as a reply on a recent thread, and I think it's a really good question that deserves its own post..... What if ???? You have a big wasp problem and you cant find the nest. Would it work if you take an empty hive/box and place a large amount of fondant/syrup or fruit...

Hello Yesterday I combined two colonies and think I may have got it wrong... Colony 1. Found it queenless on it's first inspection. There were queen cells being made and no definately no eggs or larvae (I was told there was a laying queen in there!). Four frames of bees on 14" x 12" Colony 2...

Hello all, Another newbee here with a bit of dumb question I'm afraid... Does anyone know if a honeybees lifespan is affected by how much they eat? It is well known that humans who eat a calorie restricted diet appear to live longer. I'm thinking of the over-wintering bees and how they stay...