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I have about 250 ml OA left over which might prove useful if I pick up a swarm this summer. I know that OA in solution goes off over time so would it still be effective in 5 or 6 months if I freeze it it the meantime? Thanks Roy

Hi, I have about 12 brood frames which the bees cleaned out prior to storing. Unfortunately where there were pockets of pollen left this has gone mouldy/growing fur. Will the bees clean out these few cells themselves ? I don't have a lot of drawn comb so wouldn't want to melt it down unless I...

Hi, I'm a new beek this year and this is my first post. I have 2 colonies and 1 has done quite well and has 4 frames full of honey in the super. The rest of the frames are undrawn foundation. The brood box is light so I want to feed them now with a MM jumbo feeder. My question is do I remove...

Hi, I've just signed up for a beekeeping course and hope to get some bees next year at the end. At the moment I'm trying to suss out the best place in the garden to put a couple of hives. The area is quite large but there isn't any part of it where we don't go e.g to the greenhouse, veg patch...