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We have a spare brand new TBH hive for which we hope to catch a swarm or attract a homeless swarm. We have two other Dadant hives which are currently healthy and showing no signs of swarming. If we site the TBH near our other hives will it attract bees from our existing hives encouraging them to...

As a newcomer living in France and with our main reference in French can someone please explain the term "supercedure".

Nice warm morning today in Brittany so I thought I would check the ladies. Several; were out flying and coming back with pollen. Our Dafs are out and the hazel is laden with blossom. I thought it would be a good idea to clean the varoa board which we have not checked for a couple of months...

There is a new group of Beekeepers in Brittany http://www.beekeepersinbrittany.com/

We are new to beekeeping in France. We have a large garden but very much surrounded by trees. We sited our first hive at the top of the garden well away from neighbours, road and lawn under some pine trees. A local beekeeper has advised us that the site is in too much shade. The easiest would be...