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    Oxalic acid trickle treatment- using dihydrate

    Hi- Ive got some Oxalic Acid dihydrate which I would like to make up into a solution to trickle on my 2 hives. Looking up how much to use- Ive found conflicting advice. One webpage says to use 7.5g of Oxalic acid dihydrate with 100g sugar/ 100ml water solution. Another says that as dihydrate...
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    Spare api-bioxal

    Hi, I've got 350ml spare api-bioxal if anyone wants it. Mixing it up now to treat hives this afternoon. Collect from Southampton near university asap. Private message me if interested. Thanks. Nuala
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    Oxalic acid solution

    Hi, I've always bought oxalic acid in a ready made solution, but I'm struggling to find where to purchase it from this year. I don't fancy mixing it myself, but most shops just sell crystals. On eBay the 5 % solution is mixed with water - not syrup. I've got 3 hives, so only need 150ml. Any...
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    Selling lip balm and skin cream

    Hi, just wondered if there were any regulations for selling my home-made bees wax lip balm and skin cream to friends or at a school xmas Fayre. Also, any suggestions on costings for a 20 ml pot of lip balm (recipe 110g sweet almond oil, 20g bees wax, 40g Cocoa butter & few drops of peppermint...
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    Merging colonies advice

    Hi, please can I have some advice. I have got one colony who only just about made it through the winter, with a laying queen (marked green), and has about 2 seems of bees in a 12x14 hive (H2). A different colony, who were strong after the winter, swarmed last sat, I retrieved the prime swarm and...
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    Feeding when changing to 14 x 12

    Hi, yesterday I changed my national brood boxes to 14 x12s on my 3 hives. I followed advice from a previous post - putting the new 14 x 12 plus the queen on her old frame , on the bottom, then queen excluder, then old brood box. I was then advised to feed 1-1 to help them draw out the new...
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    Bees not taking winter feed

    Hi- really sorry if there is already a thread on this- have looked but not found one yet. I have 3 hives in my garden. Started feeding 2-1 sugar syrup on 25th sept, 2 hives have been taking it happily and are nearly at 40lb each whereas one of my hives have not taken anything. This hive was my...
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    royal jelly but no larvae

    Hi- on inspecting a quite strong hive which hasnt made any preparations for swarming yet this year- I found two queen cells with royal jelly in but no larvae. Any suggestions why this would happen? I removed them and Im waiting to see what happens this week. The queen is marked blue and is...
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    small queen cell

    Hi- Ive got a hive that Im certain is queenless- I put in a frame of eggs from another hive and after a week- this frame was covered in queen cells- two of which were capped. However- all these queen cells are quite small (about 2/3 the size of a 'normal' queen cell). Ive removed all cells apart...
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    storing 1-1 sugar syrup

    Hi- Just wondered if I can store this in the freezer. I made some up but realise I dont need it yet. Otherwise - how long does it keep in the fridge? Thanks Nuala ps there may already be the answer on the site- Im still searching.
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    collapsed hive

    Hi- sorry if there are previous posts about this- but just wanted some advice. As above 16oC down here in southampton- thought Id do a quick check on my 3 hives. 2 had busy bees bringing in pollen, one had bees carrying out dead bees :( . Looked inside this one- there were the first 4 frames...
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    Cleaning a brood box

    Hi guys- about to change my brood box which has been in use since I first got my swarm - two years ago. Its pretty gunky with propolis and stuff (not sure how to describe the 'stuff'). What is the best way to clean it? I know I have to scorch it afterwards before using it again. Thanks Nuala
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    help!! High varroa still......

    Hi- Im a beekeeper in southampton with two hives. After treating with Apiguard in August, and then Oxalic Acid at the end of December (during a slightly warmer spell tho it then went cold again)- Ive just done my monthly varroa check and its still high. One hive has a mite drop of over 6 a day...
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