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I've noticed when treating my hives with MAQS recently, that the removal of the entrance block to aid ventilation has the disadvantage of giving wasps easier access to the hives. I've had no problem with wasps this year until I treated, but there was a noticeable increase in wasps getting into...

MAQS has just become available in Ireland, (I'm in the Southeast) so I have no experience of using it. I followed all the instructions when applying strips last Sat, and today (Mon) have noticed quite a lot of bees crawling on the ground in front of the hive. Most seem unable to fly, many...

This is my first attempt at queen rearing, three yrs into my beekeeping life! I have 5 apideas filled with bees and on checking them to see if they needed feeding I found at least three large black slugs hiding on the walls of each apidea (five in one). I have three at my home apiary, and two at...

I am in my second year of beekeeping this year. In July this year I was alerted to a swarm, which I captured, hived in a spare National hive and fed. Over the past few days I've noticed a serious wasp problem at this hive, my other hive seems ok. I've narrowed the entrance to about 40mm (1.5...

I fed my first and only hive two weeks ago using an Ashforth feeder (Thornes). I have resisted the temptation to have a look on the advice of my local BKA, but with a fine day today, and the bes working very hard on the ivy, I couldn't resist. I just lifted the roof and looked through the hole...

Hi all, I'm another new bee, and an Irish one at that, not very many on site yet! I've recently set up my first hive and got a colony from a member of the local association, of which I'm a member. While in UK at a seminar recently I bought a deluxe beginners kit from one of the UK's main...