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Hello I need to move a split into a WBC and so need to move it over to an out apiary and back again a while later. Would it be easier to make a temporary floor and roof for this job rather than taking the whole hive which will not strap up easily?

Am going to start with the Brood box (5 to make) and was considering screwing it together to make it a bit stronger. Notice with the Masies design that they only have one piece of wood as the bottom rail (square cross section) so that there is not 6mm gap at the bottom? Or have I got this...

Anyone got a good recipe for honey muffins?:cool:

Can someone let me have the dimensions of the piece of wood that forms the roof of the entrance tunnel in a WBC? It is the bit behind the porch lift that butts up aginst the bottom of the brood box and stops the bees going up into the lifts. Thank you.

Am trying to do this from the BBKA Guide to Beekeeping but there is no mention of queenlessness and my Hooper is not to hand.:cool: How do you confirm your suspicions that a colony has become queenless? (Follows on from what signs would make you suspect your colony had become queenless?)

What was your honey harvest like in 2012? Average harvest per hive. 1) Nothing 2) 0-20lb 3) 21-40lb 4) 41-60lb 5) more than 61 lb per hive

Converting National or WBC from bottom bee space to top bee space. Can this be done easily when building a flat pack or convert a ready built box?

Have started my winter job of making up frames but cannot seem to get the foundationt to lie flat when in the frame. It always has a bit of a wave towards the bottom, even though I have slide it into the grooves on the side bars and made sure it is firmly between the two bottom bars. Have...

Was browsing the ebook publisher KOBO last night and came across a whole lot of old beekeeping books which you can download for free. The ones I downloaded were: Huber - Observations on the Natural History of Bees Simmins - A modern bee farm Cowan - British Beekeepers Guide Book Simmins -...

Which is a good manufacturer to buy a WBC from? Any suggestions and also where to get a bargain?

We got a good crop of ivy honey this year which has set solid in the foundation. Question is what to do with it? Can I strip it from the foundation, dilute it a little and then feed it back to the bees or will it just set solid again? Could I use some of it as cut comb for us to use? Other...

I have left the entrance block off my hive this summer as it was so hot but when I looked inside the entrance yesterday, I could see what appeared to be a mouseguard. When I looked closer I could see it was actually a screen of propolis with lots of bee sized entrance holes through it that they...

The TBH is not doing well after such a good year last year. I suspect that either I have a drone laying queen or the queen has died and I now have laying workers as there does not seem to be any brood. Bee numbers have fallen and I have foud about 6 dead wasps inside the hive with lots of dead...

I have my new Warre hive from Germany in an unknown wood. What is the best thing to protect the outside. I have a load of Danish Oil in the shed, would this work? Or should I paint it with a paint?

Taking Jurgen Tautz's book "The Buzz About Bees", I thought I would use some of his facts and figures to work out an energy budget for a bee colony.:cheers2: Queen lays 200,000 eggs a year which gives a population of around 50,000 in the summer and 20,000 in the winter. 1 bee collects 30 mg...

Standard National brood box and super of stores above. Large colony so should I take the QE off and replace in spring? They are due to be moved over to 14x12 brood box next Spring anyway.

I have read that most German hives are variants of the Langstroth but on one suppliers site: massivholtz-tischler, have seen hives sold "with Rebates" and "without Rebates" in both DNM and UNI forms? What types of hive do they use in Germany then?

Got my copy of BKKA News and there is a piece there about a new hive monitoring system called Arnia. It is a mobile phonne sized box that monitors bee sounds and then sends the data back via a wireless link to a central databases and the beekeeper is then given the results by text or email...

Saw a French Hive with a little drawer in it for colecting pollen. Any other interesting mods done, other than the usual sump?