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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Hi All . Just wondering how often do beekeepers open their hive in a season. At a meeting a while ago an experienced beek said five or six times should bee enough. Liam C

Would 1/2" wire mesh be large to use as a mouse guard or if l was to make my own what size would l need to drill the wholes. Reguards Liam C.

One of my home hives has a heavy varroa count. The hive has a super on with two capped frames of honey and one or two uncapped . Would it be ok to take out 4 or 5 frames in the super and put in an Apiguard tray to treat for the varroa and feed the capped frames back to the bees when the...

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Hi All, One of my hives have swarmed into a tree hollow 20ft up and about 200yds from my apiary . Is there any way of enticing them out into a nuc or a swarm bate box. Regards Liam C.

HI All , I have seen videos of bees swarms emptied out on to a white sheet, the sheet runs up to an hive entrance, and the bees walk up the sheet into the hive. I would like to know how this works as l have caught a swarm an have them in a plastic bin with lots of twigs and leafs mixed in. Could...

HI All, One of my hives swarmed and returned to the hive, what is the best way to deal with the situation . Regards Liam C

Hi All , On Sat evening I combined two hives together using the newspaper method , how long will l have to leave them together before l remove the paper and top BB. Regards Liam C

Hi All , Would it be wrong to mark a queed before she goes on a mating flight? Liam C.