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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...

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...

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 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...

well another year past and queens turned out evil again, new plan is next year to take the queens out off area, so mating can take place with a large bee keepers catchment area as we are one of few in our area, with the hope of getting a better calmer strain of bee, any thoughs would bee...

With another year lost swarm again i though i was on top of it this year but lost a swarm again. a few facters but the main one was the bad weather which hamperd routine inspections. I have come to the thought that all that rain with good stores congested hive, as soon as the sun came out swam...

Hi folks checked the bees today, after A/S two months ago the queen is now second generation as we missed the swam. which was strange as the queen cells were not sealed, but to cut to the chase they are turning into the nightmare be. loose on the top off frames very quick moving about pingging...

Hi folks Has any one gone to double brood (large frames) and kept it Double brood through the winter? Just wondering because our new second genaration queens are not half laying. wall to wall bottom to top its amazing, and only fed our bees at the beggining of the year nothing since. We just...

Had a thought today is it possible to use un capped honey mix with thymol to feed back the the girls for winter treatment.

I was thinking the other day is it possible to move my hives less than the 3 miles if the bee`s have been over wintered, i thought they may forget there location, if they have been in the hive most of the winter, and the older bee`s would of died off by then. just a question of thought have...

Hi Folks as a matter of course how would you change frames that are in use at present. all will be read and considered for my future method, thanks all in advance.

any one know if any courses going in the s wales area soon.

hi all we are coming up to our first complete year, last year we had a nuc swarm in two months. Then we split, queen cells in both hives one hatched one did not,the one that did not we bought a new queen, but to late we had laying workers that killed the new queen. we then had a problem...

cheched hive for the first time today this year, full of honey, full to the brim of pollen full of brood,no room to lay, what do i do now as they dont need feeding seeing the stores in the hive. i am stumped.

Hi folks we are now at the stage where we have lots of pollen coming back do we withdraw the fondant and pollen substitute.