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I'm thinking of putting some honey into our local shows for the first time. Can anyone recommend a supplier of 1lb jars that are high enough quality to exhibit honey in? Every one in a gross I ordered from one supplier have mottling and marks from the glass moulds. Thanks in anticipation.

Because I have limited space in my home apiary I am experimenting with two types of vertical artificial swarm this year. One uses a board devised by Ken Basterfield and a technique described in Bee Craft in April 2012. He splits the brood in two and leaves half with the queen which is deprived...

Heads up. The RBI for the North East has mailed to say he has found AFB nr Morpeth. "I am sorry to say that I have found AFB in the 10 K map square NU10 (Swarland)." There is a request for vigilance by keepers taking their hives to the heather.

I've been raising my own queens for the first time this year, following a 2 queen system recommended by Ron Brown in one of his booklets. Essentially it's a form of artificial swarm forcing the remaining bees to raise emergency cells. So far so good but the queens are a completely different...

This year I have resolved to breed my own queens for the first time. I will be cutting out queen cells this week to put into two apideas. Does anyone have advice on how to do it best? The comb around them was warm and soft when I inspected yesterday and I don't want to damage the cells. Thanks...

Hi again. After starting a controversy with a query about a 2 queen system, and getting some excellent advice and opinions I'd like to have another go. I need to move a hive in my garden apiary about 20 feet to start the new season. It's in an inconvenient position because of various short...

I've been reading a booklet by Ron Brown entitled 'A simple two queen system'. It was written in about 1980. I am thinking of using it on one of my hives next year and wondered if anyone has used his system and whether there were any drawbacks.

I will shortly be getting a five frame nuc on National brood frames which I want to move straight away into a 14x12 broodbox. Should I start by adding a 14x12 frame at the centre or the ends of the nuc frames?

The cast I hived two weeks ago has a drone laying queen. Now that she's laying will she try and get mated if the weather improves or am I better off removing her and trying to get queen cells developed from a frame of eggs?