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How can one store supers wet . If sealed top and bottom would they not get moody. Regards. Liam C

Jimy , mesh can be bought at B&Q but it is very expensive.

Hi All, I intend to give two of my hives new bought mated queens as soon the queens come available. My idea is to give my 6 hives a new queen every year. I will have to kill or make use of the existing queens so I would like to know, when l get rid of the old queen, how long do l wait until l...

Thanks to all for your help, good to know l wont have to throw it out. Liam C

Hi All. I have about 5klgs of fondant l bought last year but it got very hard since l used it last . Is there anything l can do to make it edible again for the bees. Regards Liam C

Thanks everybody for your replies, l should have said l needed to move the hives 5 miles. l think l might leave the move until early spring even though lots of bees were flying today and they they don't seem to have clustered this winter. Regards L C Ryan

Hi All ' is this time of the year a bad time to move hives

Thought all my girls had gone to bed for the winter but lots out flying today also saw them struggle with kicking out a drone trough the mouse guard

Hi All. Its my intention over the winter months to make new supers and frames for my national hives. When making the frames is it best not to mount the foundation until one is ready to put the super on the hive. Regards Liam C

Lots of bees flying again today and bringing in lots of bright yellow pollen.

There is a 5ft barrier on three sides and to the fronts , about 30yds away , is a line of 40ft high trees. The hive faces south. To the left ,about 5yds away, I grow vegetables.

Had frost for a couple of nights so l thought , at last, my bees would have gone to bed for the winter but no, lots out flying today, a little pollen going in but mostly nectar. Bees flying since 10am and still plenty out now at 2pm. My bees flying on 12th Nov. 13 - YouTube

How strong do you mix the solution??

Hi All, My hives have an eek to hold the tray of apiguard and a feeder on top of the eek. On two of my hives when l went to take off the eek and feeder the bees had packed stores underneath the feeders completely filling the eek. It would be very messy to take off both feeder and eek and clean...

Hi All Got a hive with laying workers do l still have time to combine the hive with a good hive. The good hive might benefit with the extra bees. Regards Liam C

Went imperial this morning with the syrup mix , seemed to have worked out fine , delighted I hadn't to ask my *.* friend to do it (by the way who is he ?) Thanks to all for taking the time to advise me. Liam C

Thanks Finman

Apologies everybody l did mean 2kgs of sugar to 1lt of water , will go with 2lbs of sugar to 1pt of water for the next mix which is tomorrow. Liam C

Hi All , Just a quick question about sugar syrup mix. I have been mixing my syrup 1 kg. of sugar to 2 Lts. of water but even after lots of mixing there is still some sugar that dose not dissolve and can leave a hard layer on my feeders which can clog the feeder up. Is my sugar amount too...

Hi All, I'm combining two hives , one is queenless, and don't want to disturb the queen too much so so I'm putting the queenless BB on top and leaving them be for the winter. Both BB are strong and I'm wondering will the queen eventually go up to the top BB. Im a little afraid she will stay down...