Search results

I spotted single bees crawling up the lawn away from my hives yesterday? Some appeared whole as in wings etc, but some had what appears to be deformed wings!! I had a good look through my colonies but could find no evidence of bees with further deformities within other hives! One appeared Q-...

After receiving a Colony from a Club Member who was down sizing his Apiary, the Colony was received on brood and super boxes. Upon inspection, there was brood across both super and brood box, with the majority in the super, along with the Q happily laying... the comb in the Brood box clearly...

I'm looking for a supplier of varroa mesh, preferably s/steel... having found The Mesh Company they are offering a good deal on a slightly smaller hole size of 2mm... Is this too small for the varroa to drop through? Or should I stick with the 2.5mm? Mesh Count: 10 holes per linear inch and 100...

Hi, I'm a newbee... so be gentle! I requeened a small colony after the orginal queen wasn't being particulary productive, infact I transferred her to a Nuc about 7 weeks ago and she's still on the same 4 frames of partially drawn foundation. The small colony produced about five QC's of...

Hi, I'm about to place a feed via a rapid feeder onto a small colony that needs rapidly to expand only just having established a mated queen, with cells that are just about to be capped. Queen looks to have been fairly productive, but colony remains on the 5 frames of drawn comb since...

I had, what was suggested to be a failing queen within a recently supplied Nuc of 5 frames. The colony (Hive 1) had never increased, despite trying to place dummy boards, dividing the frames into two stacks of 6 frames, one on top of the other to assist the bees in drawing comb. After about a...

Hi, New bee's arrived last night, small Nuc of five frames having been transferred into my hive, very lazy getting up this morning only rising around 9am!! The wife telephoned later on to inform that the girls were awakening and flying around becoming quite busy. Arrived home from work...