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Hi folks Simple question for long term use of hives would you prefer screw`s or nails. after about a year i have noticed that nail gun parts of bought in hives are pulling apart with the seasons. so end up putting black decking screws in which do the job nicely, but i...

Hi folks Just thought i would give a run down how my MAQS treatment went on just the one hive i have. The hive in question was two brood and two supers in size, with varroa open mesh floor, we placed the strips in between both brood and left for a week there was...

only leave for 24hrs this i find best. take honey next day there will bee a few bees still there only a hand full. i find rombus work best no propilis or clogged up.

my bee`s in this area will bring in also 15kg in three days if there is forage. so lets just say there is a flow on but there is a light drizzil. is there a bee that fly in this type of weather because time then is not on the bee`s side if they dont. this would make a difference if they did.

I may of rocked the boat about bad weather, may be bad wording but dont some bee`s fly in worst weather than others, i am lead to believe the the more local the bee then they are more accustomed to local forage. Did any one see the horizon program on bbc2 last night they say there are three...

Hi folks I need a mated queen so i look online as you do but i came off feeling a little disheartend, due to the fact that so many are selling imports. here i am thinking i need british ar more local type bee`s for the future of bee keeping in the uk. like bee that will forage in bad...

giordan had a few years does the job for me no issues as of yet.

look had problem with no laying queens last year, previose post. dont wait for it to happen or it will be to late, have a good look to find queen must look and find here, failing this she may be gone, shake out infront of hive onto a sheet leading to entrance. place new queen in after checking...

some good sound advise. queen rearing and process elimiting the bad ones sound the right road to go down which may find the right strain, fingers crossed.

I feel there may not be a bee suited to my area rhondda, South wales. I am in seach for that bee that will live in my area in which the queen can mate without producing an evil off spring. If i here of a swam i will attempt to catch it i think as this could be my break that i need. But...

I am just a hobby bee keeper. so here is the question which is the best bee for a begginner and which for a commercial bee keeper? I am starting to think i may of been better of with a british black bee because they are slower on exspansion and superced more than swam or does this hold...

well folks thought i would give a little up date to last years rotten luck. Had a nuc three weeks ago, And glad to say its growning well queen is working like a nutter, on double brood, swaping brood over for constant brood laying bottom to top and top to bottom working well got lots of...

wow a lot of bee keepers finding it a challange with this weather, hope next year gives us a good year. lots of luck to all.

Hi folks Thanks for all the kind words and advise hives will get a good spring clean with some spare time on my hand with hives not in use. Its a shame had so much planed this year made some nice nuc boxes ect, never mind onwards and upward bring on next year i am sure it will only get...

Well what a bad third year down the pan. Two hives and a nuc dead, had a bad summer and a bad winter. late summer hives swarmed from being stuck indoors for so long with the rain, young queens could not carry out mating flight`s due to the continued rain. bought two mated queens one took...

i agree, had same problem.

I think your hive is queenless there should be some broad in there. one of my hives had broad in when i requeen but then she was gone. They do this if she is not up to speed.

well folks what a year, requeened both hives, one queen killed out right the other superceded, so placed old queen back in queenless hive she was killed also, tried cage introdution and nuc introduction both failed this hive is now doomed, dont want to combine just in case we end up back to...