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noticed there is brood in the obervation hive http://www.sysonby.com/beecam/

was looking through youtube and found this has anyone done this and would it take time for the bees to process this for the winter not sure if this is an emergency feed over to you Alan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD-dwW7ryAA&feature=endscreen&NR=1 :thanks:

Has anybody had the misfortune to take too much honey leaving them short for winter i know people feed feed feed sugar syrup but i like to give them the honey they have worked so hard to store for the winter enought to see them over the cold spell so has people done this and whats the best way...

One of my bee buddy's leave's his supers on till winter he calls it self clearing as soon as the cold spells set in and the bees cluster its then that he removes them must be less stress for them what your thought Thanks in advance Alan:judge:

How popular is cut comb ive done two super frames as a trail and selling it for £4 8oz how many of you do it and is it worth the trouble i think it is as long as it has a buyer:judge: thanks in advance Alan

when people talk about wet supers do they mean after taking the honey do you store wet or do you mean after letting the bees clean the combs a bit confused

i was thinking i need to put another super on and i have two on already both capped, does any one put the empty one above the q/e does it make sence to help the girl fill it easyier what your thoughts normally i just put on top :lurk5::lurk5:

im on my hols in Perth Western Australia it winter here but the weather is our summer temp 21oc been to a bee farm to see their way of things and i was surprised to tastes all the honey (the Jarrah tree honey is to die for ) (Black butt )is nice as well hoping to bring some back back over hope...

looking at the comb that the bees make (brace) is it the width that we call the bee space or is drone comb thye bee space this is just observation i know if i measured it i would probably know not worthy

apart from keep the numbers down and venting is there anyone in beekeeping wrote about maintaining a observation hive thanks in advance Alan dishmop has answered some of my concerns thanks buddy

are your bees on the nectar flownot worthy

made 5 litres of 1/1 now this is surplus to requirements can i freeze it to keep until needed your thought please as i believe it can go off in time or have i got that wrongnot worthy

how many of us nail the bottom bars on super/brood frames or do some nail one end and hindge them to replace foundation. Been thinking that the bees will propolis them to keep them in place also how many nail frames with gimp pins, do you nail each side of side bars and one ontop of top bar...

just bought a observation hive which will be on a table in my living room the question is how long can a tube be as the area i would like it to be doesn't have an outside wall so was thinking of putting tube clear /black round room with two 90 degree bends round horizontal to the outside...

as with a lot of posts about lots of funny activity ie swarming starvation can the more experienced beekeepers tell us if they think things are unusual this year more than others and whats your take on things not worthynot worthynot worthy

how many you have observation hive at home i love to drill a hole and tube inside for the bees to come and go and hive screwed on the wall i would sit and watch all day long what a good education tool for schools :cool::cool::cool::party::drool5::bigear:

had three calls all seperate from each other all about bumble bees on mass although they was reaping in the pollen /necter its a shame that people are so afraind of what i can only say amazing. i could have stay and whtch them for hours like i do with my girls has anyone had the same...

I have been thinking about this since keeping bees. I mess about with house alarms and had a set up in my old place we lived in a one level house and had two german shepherd dogs who spent their time in the kitchen. When we went out all my sach windows had micro switches on them as soon as the...

after picking up a swarm and they are doing fine im on a single b/b i have my other hives on doubles your thoughts on putting a supa with foundation( 11 frames ) without a q/e knowing they are still on 50% foundation in the b/b would putting it on hinder them just a though not worthy

picked up a swarm that had settled in some gorse and stay for a few days before i had the call put them in bb with the branch they was on anyway left four frames out to accommodate the branch should of left it out in the first place as they had started to build two combs on crown board took...