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Hi bee peeps. went in for an inspection today, it's been a while since I've been in there. Bees were getting increasingly agitated, it is a bit muggy here today. I should have known better and put it back together. I pressed on, and then the stinging started. Very aggressive. I came away and...

Hi folks, collected a swarm yesterday, dumped them on a sheet sloping up to the hive entrance and left them for a while, they didn't go in alone. So I put an empty super on top and dropped them into this, lid on, sorted. Stayed over night. This morning I wanted to take the empty super off as the...

Hi, just been informed of a boxed swarm for me to collect tomorrow morning. I think the weather is due to be really wet, how would you recommend getting them in the hive?

You won't believe it. Had the bee inspector today who confirmed sac brood in my only colony. No queen, unviable, destroy! Guess what, just headed outside and right there in the tree is a swarm. Grabbed a spare hive, cut off some tree, queen excluder top and bottom. Ees are going in. Here's...

Any recommendation where I can get a new queen, quickly?

HI folks, went away for a few weeks, all was good before I left. Came back and not had immediate opportunity to visit the hive. When I looked in yesterday I was shocked to see lots of dead larve. No sign of a queen or any small eggs. Having done some research I think it could be sacbrood. Please...

Having lost all three of my colonies at the end of last year I now need to start over. Any suggestions as to the best place to get a starter colony?

Well given that I have had 2 colonies die out I need to store whats left behind. How do I best do this and prevent any winter pests. He's hoping for a better 2013 not worthy

have had a nightmare summer. 3 colonies down to final 1. hope to get this through the winter but is now being robbed by wasps. Have restricted the entrance, also fitted a device to create a long passage into entrance but they are still going in. what can I do otherwise I will have no chnce of...

latest issue, other than restricting the entrance, what else can I do?

OK, just to start with, I'm a bad beek, inexperienced, more than I can chew etc etc so please, no critisim, just some guidance. I promose to try to get better. 1) opened what was my best/largest colony this evening after many weeks of not inspecting (don't ask why). Q-, no formal brood...

What a nightmare I had this evening. YOu may have seen my earlier post. On the 22nd July I had to hastily gather a swarm in to a temp box the night before getting up at 4am for holiday. On return I put a hive together and if you read my earlier post you will know that when I went to transfer...

What a nightmare I had this evening. YOu may have seen my earlier post. On the 22nd July I had to hastily gather a swarm in to a temp box the night before getting up at 4am for holiday. On return I put a hive together and if you read my earlier post you will know that when I went to transfer...

just checked my colonys, almost no reserves, what should I feed? and how urgent is it? I'm in Hampshire near Winchester, is food a problem now?

please help me, I'm in my third year, have spent a fortune on equipment and harvested very little honey. I'm fast losing faith. Anyway, 3 weeks ago on the night before I was due to get up at 4am to go on holiday my bees swarmed. It was fast going dark, I had to do something so with no spare hive...

I was introducing a swarm collected last night to a hive this morning. All was goping to plan, bees progressing up slope into hive and I could clearly see the queen. She pottered around on the slope, enjoying the attention of her ladies. As she reached the top edge of the huddle of bees on the...

can icing sugar be used to make syrup feed?

I'm pretty new to this bee keeping lark. SO much to learn and so little time. Anyway I have a colony that came to me as a swarm last year. didn't take any honey off them and fed fondant in winter - one pack and half of it is still left. Did my spring check today and found the queen but no sign...

can anyone help me, I'm new to keeping bees. I want to be sure I am checking and doing things at the right time. I am looking for a basic step by step month by month list of thi8ngs you should be doing with the colony. Any good books or online sites you could point me to? Thanks