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OK, so we put a new hive with foundation and a frame of "calm" brood in place of the nasty hive, and moved the nasty hive a couple of feet to the right. I swear they knew we were coming though, because the moment we rounded the hedge and were within 5 meters or so there were 2 or 3 buzzing each...

Thank you enrico and oliver90owner. I think we are using smoke correctly, but please correct me if I'm wrong. We start by sending a couple of big puffs of smoke in the entrance or under the open mesh floor. Then we wait a couple of minutes before opening them up. We then carefully remove ths...

Hi, I didn't want to hijack the other thread on nasty bees so started this one. I'm new to beekeeping but have got a hive that has turned very nasty. We were given a swarm last year and at first inspection at the start of April this year it already had 8 frames of brood. It's now got 2...