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I discovered on Saturday that one of my hives has died. :( It had a bad varroa infestation at the end of the summer and then wing deformity problems.... So, now what? I have a brood box full of stores but its pretty ropey looking. I think a mouse may have been into it. Do I just cut out the...

I have one strong "feral" colony. They swarmed out of the roof of a large local country house, where there have been bees for at least thirty years. They have varroa and so I am considering treating them this autumn. But, if they have survived thus far without treatment, why should I treat when...

I am a total newbie. I have three hives, all of different provenance and I've had them for a couple of months. I'm trying to get my head around every thing that I read but also everything I observe. One of my hives contains small stripy bees that are very aggressive. They behave differently...

I have a hive of very aggressive bees. I had a super on top of the brood box with no QE (in order to encourage bees to draw out super foundation.) Now, with half the super drawn and the sun shining at last, I wanted to add a QE. Went to look for queen in super - no luck (but saw eggs), so...

Hiya - newbeek here with first question of many! I inspected my new hives today. Still trying to figure out what's what. I opened up some drone brood and found larvae - some with varroa. However, I saw something that worried me. Some of the cells contained a weird white hard substance. I pulled...