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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11429609/Beekeepers-in-Australia-invent-revolutionary-hive.html What do you think? Seems really good idea but is it cost effective and do you think the bees will behave an differently Apparently, commercial Beeks can...

Hi guys, had a nuc that lost the queen, gave them a frame with BIAS, they have raised a queen and I've left it alone for 3 weeks since my estimated emergence of the queen. Took a look in today and found this at the bottom of a super frame as I didn't have a deep frame available

Hi guys, Last year I read a lot about the pros of not using a queen excluder do this year I decided to tr it on a bs nation give that I have that had currently just a brood box and a super. I knew there was maybe a chance she would start laying in the super, but I was ok with this as if she...

Hi guys, Checked a over wintered nuc for the first time this year and found swarm cells on a couple of frames. One queen cell capped, very few eggs. Can't find the queen and I've. Checked 3 days on the run, she wasn't marked. Is it possible she's already left before I inspected even though for...

Hi guys, Would like to try my luck attracting some swas this year, put a few bait gives out last year but had no interest, hoping some swarm lures might sway it in my direction. Anyone making legit nasanov swarm lures that would sell me a few? Pointless buying the stuff to make it myself as I...

Hi guys, I got 2 paynes poly nucs which have almost no where left for the queen to lay. They have been like this for a couple for weeks but as we are close to the end of the season, I wasn't sure if it was best to merge both of them and combine them both in a bs national. I have been...

Hi, Keep reading how people are closing down their entrances on their hives, do I need to do that too? I've seen a couple of wasps hanging about but nothing major, won't making the entrance smaller slow them down Advice appreciated

Hi guys, Have a national brood box that is wall to wall with capped brood. Do you think it's a bit late to add a super and go brood and a half??

Hi guys, I want to unite 2 paynes poly nucs, problem is I haven't got any spare brood foundation. Is there any way I can unite them and put all the brood frames together in 1 single brood box rather than seperating them via the newspaper method without causing a massive brawl?

Hi guys, just looked out to my neighbours garden and their ivy is in full bloom today. Early or what

Hi guys, Put a queen cell in a mating apideas just as a backup when doing a AS. she mated and began to lay eggs. I took the opportunity to mark her last week. Checked on her today and she is nowhere to be seen. When I marked her, instead of running her in from the top of the apidea like I...

Hi guys, Anyone know where I can trade in my refined wax for foundation near Liverpool? Do thornes still do it? Can I post it to them?

Hi guys, Just want someone to confirm this last Thursday 5th June, I gave a suspected queenless nuc a frame of brood in all stages on Thursday 12th June, I inspected the nuc and found they had drawn out 5 queen cells. 4 were capped, one was nearly capped. Now I don't want them to swarm but I...

Hi guys, I have 3 newish swarms that I want to feed to help them draw out the foundation. Doesn't seem much forage about at the minute but I'm worried about rooting as I lost one Nuc a few weeks ago to robbing (my own fault) I have filled the feeder compartments in the nucs with newspaper as...

Hi guys, I have a nuc that is queenless (my bad!!) I gave then a frame of eggs and brood and they have built 2 emergency queen cells in the centre of the frame. Now, do I leave the 2 seal cells alone and alow them to hatch without intervention? Should I remove 1 queen cell Im not to sure if...

Hi guys, Been asked to remove a swarm of honey bees that have taken up residence in a flat roof Part of the roof will need to be removed, then the bees removed and then the roof repaired What I want to know is how much people charge for doing cut outs, it's gotta be a full days work

Hi guys, I done a little advertising regarding collect honey bee swarms but my phone has been ringing non stop but all the calls are for bumble bees. Only had 1 call which was a honey bee swarm out of say 100!! Was thinking of leaving a message on my answering machine giving advice on...

Hi guys, Bees have been want to swarm for the past week, swarm cells at the bottom of the frames but due to work commitments and no equipment to perform a artificial swarm, I removed all the queen cells to give me more time. Today I tried to find the queen without any luck. They have charged...

Hi guys, Just cleaned up some super frames that had crystallised osr in but I want to sterilise them as best I can before returning them to the hive. They have been sat in the shed all winter so could have had anything crawling over them Any advice appreciated

Hi guys, as per the title, is it too late? My queen is laying extremely well and I'm thinking the more bees the better for the winter period