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My daughter is doing a piece of homework on bee inspectors and would like some pictures of hives in unsuitable locations (and unsuitable hives) for her presentation on Monday. Unfortunately, our local inspector doesn't have a collection of horror pictures. Can anyone help. Thanks in advance David

I am a rookie, so don't have many opinions of my own yet. I have one colony in a poly langstroth jumbo which was hived from a swarm about a fortnight ago. The bees have drawn all the frames and seem well set. I have made up a super which I was going to put on. I'm not really expecting much, but...

What does everyone think of M*dern's queen trap swarm prevention widget? (Under Langstroth hive components.) The idea seems almost comically simple - the swam is headed by the old queen leaving, so put the entrance above the queen excluder; the old queen can't leave so no swarm. Of course it...

Most of the local bee keepers seem to use National brood and a half. I would say that the bees I am likely to get need something between a National brood and brood and a half depending. I would prefer a single box and would prefer a poly hive, arguably because I like to rock the boat! Does...