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Hi My queen (clipped) is in her third year and has been performing really well, but today I have found several queen cells. I do not really want to start another hive or nuc. Is there anything wrong with just letting the hive produce a new queen and letting the bees get on with their...

my hive is really busy - brood - stores - eggs - new queen but there are no bees at all in the super and certainly no sign of honey - sealed or otherwise. The hive beside it is also busy and the super full of honey, have just had to add another. Feel I should do something, but not sure what...

Hi two questions really. 1) I have 2 hives. hive A is SOO busy and the super is nearly full, can hardly lift it. Do I put the new super above the first one, or under it. 2) My second hive B situated on the same plot (but with not quite so much sun) seems to be fairly busy but...

Hi - last autumn I was advised to reverse the boxes on each of my hives (brood box at the top, super at the bottom) and to remove the queen excluders - at the risk of sounding really really stupid - why should this be done - and more importantly - is this the right time to turn them...

Hi. very warm here today, so opened the hives to have a look. In my second hive, created last year there were plenty of bees and lots of activity BUT two of the frames near the front of the hive were covered in a whitish/light grey mould. Any idea what this could be, and waht I should be...

Hi. My 2 hives are at the bottom of my garden. About 10 ft behind them is a row of leylandi. The man who owns the trees is having them trimmed this week and I was a bit worried as to how the bees would react to the noise of the chain saws etc. (It will take all day to complete the work)...

this is only my second winter as a beekeeper - I was advised not to feed after October - was this good advice - should I feed now . worried there is not enough food in the hives (2) for them.