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Morning, The weather up here in Fife has been unpredictable, and despite a nice day yesterday, next week is going back down to under 10 degrees. As I am unsure as to when I will be able to do a full inspection, do you think that there is any benefit of moving the nadired supers above the BB...

Afternoon, Looking to get ahead of the season and purchase an extractor. This seems like a good deal, has anyone got any experience with this extractor and also the company...

Morning Guys, Had an opportunity to have a look in both hives yesterday, as it got to a rather pleasant 13 degrees after lunch. First hive, is progressing well, brood and eggs over 5 frames. Lots of stores Second Hive, no sign of eggs or queen, bees over 4 frames. Should I leave this hive...

Afternoon guys, Just did a fondant and tray check on both my hives. One is showing signs that their is something un bee like in the hive, lots of chewed wax and bee legs! Mouse guard was put on at beginning of October, and the hives are located on top of a shipping container, so it must be...

Afternoon all, Both hives have been out flying today, in the sun. So was thinking of applying Apivar. However I have supers left on over winter, one on top the other on the bottom. Can I apply Apivar with them on, or will this possibly taint the wax. As always, thanks in advance for anyone...

Evening all, Sounds like some of you have had a bumper year, and I have really enjoyed hosting bees again on site here on behalf of the charity, The Ecology Centre. I have spent a lot of time talking to our site visitors about bees, their life cycle and all the jobs they do before becoming...

Morning all, My hives are up high on a shipping container, to keep them away from the public on site. During the winter the prevailing wind will be direct towards the entrance of the hives. Can anyone suggest if there would be an issue with turning the hives around 180 degrees so that the...

Afternoon all, After many years away from Beekeeping and this forum (although I have still been having a read, and see that some of the names from my past are still here), I have been lucky enough this year to host 2 hives on the 10 acre site I now manage for a charity in Fife. I have 2 hives...

Good Evening, Previously I was a member here, whilst managing 4 hives in the Scottish Highlands. The help I received here enabled me to become quite proficient in the hobby and it was great to always have some where to share and receive assistance. I have now moved down to Fife and work for...

There is an article in National Geographic that may be of interest to some of you with a very interesting time lapse video, you can even see the Varroa mite actively moving Video http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/building-bees/time-lapse-video Article...

The hive that I decided to use to raise some Queen cells have done their job, They have made QC on 2 frames but on one frame they are extremely small. So my question is can I graft some of the Queen cells from the good frame onto other frames and move them to made up 5 frame Nucs. If so do I...

As I have stated on my previous post, my hives are not showing any signs of swarm preparations, but I really need to change some of the queens due to their age. Hive 1's queen is 3 year old. She was destined to be removed last year as she really slowed down, but after doing a shook swarm on...

Just thought I would let you guys know what is going on up here in the NW Highlands, which will hopefully give some reassurance to those of you that take your bees to the Heather. Having been away for 2 weeks and during that time have been worrying after reading reports of starvation. Before...

Does anyone know if there is an easy way of finding out who owns the land apart from using the land registry which you have to pay for. The reason for asking is that I have over the last couple of years I have noticed some possiblyabandoned hives and have never seen any beekeeper activity. The...

Just seen this on the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30831257

Not sure if anyone saw this, but it features a rather crude cut out attempt. http://www.channel5.com/shows/gibraltar-britain-in-the-sun/episodes/episode-1-686

I have been on Ebay today and have noticed this listing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Frames-Stainless-Steel-Honey-Extractor-With-Cover-Honey-Outlet-/321530425056?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Bee_Keeping&hash=item4adcb4eee0 The offer of a reduction from £199 to £109 due to being the last one is very...

The heather is still going quite strong up here, and when you walk through the bushes plumes of pollen are clearly visable. Just been into my hives today to take the harvest and in one hive about 4 frames are packed both sides with lime green pollen and then an arc of Honey. Would this cause a...

I have a couple fo newly drawn out frames that have been utilised by a drone laying queen, so a large percentage is drone cells. Is this frame destined for melting or will they resize the cells at the beginning of next season. Hope so as this was part of my comb renewal programme. Many thanks