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Hi Cussword. I Have a voice memo on my mobile when ive done a hive inspection all the hives are have a number I just speak into the phone of what I have seen and fill in the records later on I'm the same as you memory not very good

I will use a Horsley board again this year worked well for me last season

What type of floor is best when taking bees to the moors, open mesh or solid. I am getting prepared to take a couple of hives to the moors in the next few weeks and wondered what the best floor is to use thanks.

Do you rince the jars first and put them in wet or put them in dry ?.

Hopefully we will soon be on our second cut around here to Rab

Hi if it was me i would get a spare brood box floor and roof just in case they build up and go into swarm mode

Hi I started using the board this year for swarm control so far so good, the first two hives I tried both with queen cells started I put queen in new brood box then supers then board the brood box with cells in and closed the entrance which opens the queen excluder and access to supers checked...

if the queen is in swarm mode would she not be slim enough to get through a QX

Hi I have found a load of old brood wired foundation from my late father. It was probably made in the 90s it is all wrapped up in brown paper and is still playable and not brittle, but has lost its smell is there any way of reviving it or shall I just render it down thanks

I thought you had the bee inspector go through them on Monday what did he advise.

Thanks Finman. great photos and very informative

Hi Samurailord I don't bother marking queens this early anymore as two years ago I marked a queen early and they balled her and I lost a good hive due to putting a bit of colour on her I think. I would wait until there are drones about or there are queens available to buy only saying this as I...

Slaymore bought loose in bucket works out the cheapest then with the cup supplied put one cup full into a small freezer bag and tie a knot to seal it put the bag into bait boxes or into a drain pipe cut into two foot lengths lay against the side of the building that should stop them

great thanks

I would think you would struggle with the rampin as it needs a solid flat board to lay the frames on so as to push the gimp pins home, even then you sometimes need a small hammer to finish the job off.

Mine is still pending as well they did say it could take up to three weeks

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Hi, thanks for the replies, some food for thought. Sorry Oliver for not making it clear that the nucs are paynes, the casts were from my hive, I made a couple of nucs up with sealed queen cells and frames of brood and eggs; never gave it a thought that they would build up more q cells with...

Hi Oliver, the two poly nucs - the floors are not removable, would it be ok to put each of the two frames of bees into separate WBC brood boxes with no other frames in and use the newspaper method to unite them and then put them back into a poly nuc to over winter

Hi, while I was away last week a friend caught 2 small cast swarms and put them in separate poly nucs at each end of the apiary each poly nuc is only covering two frames of bees, I have not been in to look for the queens yet. How is the best way to unite the poly nucs together so that they are...