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    3 nucs available South Bucks

    3 x 5 frame nucs BS National Frames 2012 Queens ( spotted white as my yellow marker pen cracked open during the winter !) Not clipped by-product of my swarm control -- each queen came out of large hives 5 weeks ago as 2 brood frams and one of food. Original hives have subsequently become...
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    Question about Wasp Nests

    Question for those of you knowledgable about wasp habits... I have a Top Bar that was vacant last year ( 2 swarms have been hived into it and both left within 24 hours) and left as a "bait hive" -- in August I found a Wasp nest in it just bigger than a cricket ball which was suitably...
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    Does anybody have inside knowledge of convention deals ?

    More specifically, on stainless extractors of around 8/9 frame motorised. I have decided to treat myself as I shall be harvesting solo this year and it would be nice to multi-task extracting and decapping. Taking Petrol and Convention entry into consideration, that would be 10% of current...
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    Bl***dy Woodpecker

    Seems the hot and dry weather is having an effect on a local woodpecker. Ground too hard for ants so decided to knock a hole in the top super of 2 hives. Weekly inspection today I arrive to see streams of bees leaving from the top and the bottom of the hives. Woody would pick the brand new...
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    Any thoughts on behaviour ?

    Last Summer I made a couple of bait boxes from some large 40ltr polystyrene "fish boxes" as suggested by a member of the forumn. I had success with one of them but not the other. I had only expected them to be a 1 season wonder ( as I only paid pennies for them ) but stacked with other...
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    How long to trigger re-orientation ?

    Just a small question. I have had to move a reasonably sized Nuc about 100 yards - I've put them in a well ventilated travelling box ( sides and top ) and made sure they have been tucked under a hedge, in full shade, with a spray of water every few hours. I put them in Sunday morning and want to...
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    Encouraging capping

    I have a small but welcome problem with one of my hives. I had to Artificially Swarm a strong hive about a month ago but the queen didnt like the idea so ended up taking her off in a small nuc and combining the bulk of the bees in the original hive -- at the time it was Double Brood + I had...
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    Ethical dilemma

    A friend of a friend phoned me about a swarm in her garden. Having never even seen a swarm and a long way down the list of established club members who get callouts , I jumped at the chance but as the Tom Tom gave me instructions, I realised it was about 400 years away from our club apiary. It...
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