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Yeah thanks, I've contacted my local beekeeping association to see if any newbies that have done the beginners beekeeping course are interested.

I'm in Northants near Wellingborough and I could deliver if needed

I'm selling my over wintered colony in a national hive, included in the sale is two supers, the brood box, floor, gabled roof, queen excluder and crown board. It's a strong colony that's building up well.£250 I'm selling as I don't have time to look after them due to work commitments and I've...

I have an over wintered colony for sale. The colony is in a national hive and includes two supers, queen excluder, crown board, floor and a gabled roof. It's a strong colony that is building up well. £250 I'm selling the colony as I'm struggling to find the time to look after them due to work...

Checked my bees today when I got home from work and the original colony with the queen is still dead set on swarming, there was 5 sealed queen cells, 4 queen cups with royal jelly in them, the queen is still there and there is alot of bees in the hive. I got rid of these which I know is not a...

But I admit that there are much to learn in this thing. . Il say there is Finman

When doing my weekly inspection I found 3 or 4 sealed queen cells and about 5 or 6 unsealed cells, luckily the queen was still in the hive I think due to the poor weather we have been having. I checked the unsealed cells for larva and found one cell which was in the middle of the frame so it was...

Yes at the moment I have two hives, the original one and the one from the AS

at the moment I only have one hive and I was hoping that by doing this AS it would then give me two, obviously as long as the hive builds up ok and doesnt go on to swarm again.

ok, so the flying bees go back to the original site and the new hive in a new position cant swarm because there are no flying bees, is that the idea

I carried out an AS last saturday and the books I have say after a week I need to move the parent colony to the other side of the original site so the foragers find their hive gone and move to the nearest one. As the weather is not very good not many bees are out flying so I am wondering...

I extracted some honey at the beginning of the week and there was some set honey in the frames, I was wondering if this was as edible as runny honey to the bees over winter as I am putting the supers back on the hive for the bees to clean up. Will this reduce the amount of food that I would...

They did seem ok, not aggressive or angry, so hopefully there is a queen in there somewhere.

I had a queen hatch out nearly three weeks ago and I looked in my hive today and I couldnt find the queen and there is no eggs or brood anywhere in the BB, but there is a lot of pollen and honey in the brood frames. How long should I leave the hive till I do anything ? At the moment I only...

I was just reading the thread about a stolen queen and was wondering what other beekeepers do to protect against or prevent thefts from their apiaries. Has anyone ever tried using a lock and a chain or something similar so you cant open the hive, I know its not its not going to stop the most...

Hi, I have got "bees at the bottom of the garden'' and ''collins beekeepers bible'' il check those books out thanks Aaron

Yeah im happier PH, I get your point and I have learnt from it which is the main thing, i will try and not take comments to heart then next time Regards Aaron

Hi Rab I think the reason I missed the first queen cells was rushing my weekly inspection and not seeing queen cups or the start of the queen cells. Then my next weekly inspection after that was a couple of days late due to bad weather and that was when I missed the sealed queen cells. So ive...