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Hi all, After a long and hard decision I have decided that this is not the hobby for me my body reacts with increasing severity after every sting, which has now left me in a position where I fear opening up just in case. A feeling of illness now last 4 days so from my health and families point...

I have a colony that as far as I can see has a laying worker, lots of drone never seen queen. Today on inspection there is a sealed queen cell and an egg in a play cup (not charged) my question is would a colony with a laying worker be able to make a sealed queen cell? I was under the...

Hi all, I have a quick question that I am sure some one will know the answer to. A local large farmer has offered me an apiary, which was managed by a local bee keeper who has now retired. The bees that he kept on in the apiary were in WBC hives which the farmer would like to keep in use...

Hi Every one, I have not had any experience with spring build up, although keeping bees for 2 years lost first due to lack of winter experience. We had some balmy hot days here in south Lincs two weeks ago so moved bb and super boxs round so bb at bottom and check through breifly. Collected...

Hi every one, Was clearing the garden a few weeks back and bagging the cuttings, a few of the bags are cuttings from our lavender plants which we have a huge quantity. Today i was moving the bags to the bottom of the garden ready for burning and was thinking about using them for smoker...

I decided that today would be the day, so at 8 a.m:gnorsi: I got my self all set up with OA and syringes and down to the 2 hives I have at home. Colony No.1 there was 5 seams of bees which I was slightly disappointed at but still pleased that the colony was still alive OA dribbled on and closed...

Does a 1Ib honey jar fit 1Ib of honey inside it? I am asking because during honey extracting today I decided to weigh a empty jar with lid 203g and a full jar of honey 621g so that makes 418g of honey! But we label them with 1Ib or 454g bit wrong if you ask me!

Hi every one, During my routine inspection of 2 small swarms I collected back on July 15th I noticed in the 2nd that 8-9 bees were balling the Queen and it looked as though they were trying to pull off her wings not sure what to think so looking for some advice. There were no queen cells...

Hi everyone on the 2nd of July I collected 2 swarms from abandoned hives at Horncastle, I posted about them before I picked up maybe pros cam remember. Well as at the mo they ok covering about 4 frames and look healthy. I went out to them yesterday and first colony going great their are now...

Hi everyone, my first post so be kind! I am going to collect 2 swarms that have taken residence in 2 very old hives I have 2 spare brood boxes, floors, crown boards and roofs but only 10 drawn brood frames. New frames ordered last week, spoke to company today and they think they will be with...