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Or Southport - May 7th http://www.southportbeekeepers.co.uk/

Cyber Mentor I personally like the idea of a nwbie section. I would go along with JOhn's idea of a 'cyber' mentor. Without the help of my mentor at the end of the phone a year ago, i think i would have stumbled at my first herdle. Go for it admin, start the new BK section and i will be there. Colin

but at the end of the day but at the end of the day: there is no large organisation fighting our corner with government. i say, well done the bbka.....keep up your work anf lobying. without them, i would never have have progressed as a beekeeper

Merry Christmas A very Merry Christmas to you all, and thanks for all the forums help throughout the year. Colin

If you have lavae, then you had a queen a few days ago. I am in roughly the same area as you, and the weather seems oogd today, warn anyway, and no rain. You could have another quick look, and atthe same time give them some feed. Do you know if they have had their veroa treatment?

Hi Peebles, and welcome. When you opened the hive, did you notice any eggs, larvae or pupae in any of the cells. It is veru unlikely not to have a queen, and is sometimes difficult to spot, especially if she is a new queen. As for swarming, they will not swarm at this time of year.

Naughty girl.....thats rude......lol

There is also a lot of information to be gained via the internet sites. First one to spring to mind is the BBKA site.

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Thanks for the input......so it looks like i am going for the super removal route.......most of the frames are capped in the supers.......i dont have a extractor......but will seek to borrow one.....

Ive made to many this year, and would fill the whole site. My main one was after one of my hives swarmed, i presumed i was queenless, after a week, introduced a new queen, they swarmed again......

I am now totaly confused about what to do with the honey that is in the supers on my 2 hives. One thought is to leave it on the hives to allow the bees to feed during the winter months, another is to remove them and feed the bees, and keep the honey to myself. What do you recomend? This is my...

I have used this software, but you need to run it as a administrator. goto where the program has been installed in programe files, and right click on the shortcut, and click the tab that say'run as administrator'

I looked at building and using a TBH, over the past 2 years. I was eventually put off by how on earth you can extract the honey without destoying the colony. The link with all the info is http://biobees.com/ If your friend requires plans and more info, i purchased a ebook and am happy to email...

Ta lol, do i get a disscount if it is Tony? Sorry to dissapoint but no, its Colin Blair and of no relationship as far as i know. Good to see the forum works thou. Ill keep my fingers crossed

thanks Thanks for that, can't wait till wednesday now

how to Sorry to interupt this thread, but i am new to bee keeping and hope to obtain a nuc with 5 frames next week, in the evening. Are you able to tell me the correct procedure to hive a nuc? Thanks

Hi, Have got myself a National hive, no Bees yet. Would appreciate some help in setting up my first Hive. Can anyone help? Thank you