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I found the following on the Devon and Somerset Fire Service website. It's a sad state of affairs if it does turn out to be deliberate. 'One appliance from Torquay was mobilised to a report of a fire involving beehives at the above address, with Crew Commander Atkins in charge. Upon arrival...

A very nasty sounding accident in the US http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/05/24/minnesota.bees.crash/ Si.

Today my bees taught me the value of putting a queen excluder under a hived swarm. Mid afternoon the swarm I hived yesterday flooded out and flew around for about 10 minutes, as I was standing there thinking 'oh bu***r' and waiting for them to settle they all returned to the hive, formed an...

I put a second brood box on my only hive about a month ago and they did seem to be doing really well and are really busy, last weeks inspection was brief due to the weather and I appear to have missed QC's. I found the following situation today... Top (new) box.... 1. Partial drawn 2. Almost...

I was interested to see there was a few bits of chalkbrood on the varroa tray and chucked out of the front of the hive in the last few days. My question really is, is there a particular age of brood that is more susceptible? I did my oxalic treatment between christmas and new year and am now...

I'm new to beekeeping this year but one of the things I love about bees is that you see something different and new almost everyday. I removed the final apiguard tray on tuesday and put the eke on top of a pile of other spare kit in the corner of the apiary, I was walking past today and thought...

Hi A month ago I aquired a 6 frame nuc which was put into a national brood box, since then they have drawn out almost all but 2 sides (the two outside faces) of the new foundation. The queen seems to be laying well although she seems to still have plenty of room. I went to inspect them this...

I guess this is simple question and I have a fair idea of the answer but I'm new to all this... I've had a nuc for a couple of weeks now which seems really strong and is building up well. In amongst the frames are a couple of old frames which I would like to work out and replace could someone...

Hi I'm new to beekeeping this year and am looking for a one or two nucs on Standard National frames. I'm in South Devon if anybody can suggest someone to contact in the South West. Cheers Si,