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    bees on countryfile NOW

    Osr I'm slowly getting really peeved with countryfile ! Its inaccuracies , bad timing and lack of real matters are getting very bad imo. Promting me to write in twice over the last few month ( not to mention the love of my life julia is now pregnant ! and it's not mine !!!!:mad: But one week...
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    Joining two small coloneys

    All sounds very simple ! I've no need to complicate things ! Right might leave it while Monday as I'm in Spain for the weekend ! Thanks for the help :) Woody
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    Joining two small coloneys

    As some of you will have read I was a swarm magnet over the last few weeks I'm sure this will have been covered before but the search does not do phrases So if any of you have a link to where I find instructions it may save time . This is what I'm thinking ! Both brood boxs have a queen ! And...
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    New!! old hive !! Advise ASAP please

    Thanks Ok read the bailey change seemed straight forward enough !! It's all quiet at the min down here , it's a relief really as its been a hectic few days ! Its a good job i'm between loft conversions ! me and my bro have just extracted two jars of honey off one of the old super frames ...
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    Not another swarm ! yes it is !! Help

    dish mop ! pipe at the ready . Plumber man i'm a fast learner , but if i get any more swarms they are going to my friends !! and as for timber bucks boy ! ive loads ! thats what i do :) Although i spent 300 quid on wax and frames a seperator ! oh and a book ! and i'v nearly only got the book...
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    New!! old hive !! Advise ASAP please

    my bee keeping friend has been down to see if we could see what state the brood is in and if there are any queen cells but we have had to give up and revert to plan a raes idea of waiting till we've new cells in the brood box and trap the queen in to let the bees hatch .
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    Not another swarm ! yes it is !! Help

    ok the swarms in the new brood box and all happy! It did take a little doing as the queen did not want to go in , she is very small but a second attempt got them in !!
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    Another cautionary tale! Always wear your protective gear!

    on that note just in case i'm going to have a right good drink before hand !!!! Just in case !!
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    Not another swarm ! yes it is !! Help

    2 weeks ago i did not have a bee !!! And when my friend a ex beek came around to help me capture a swarm that had swarmed from a tree in my garden ! he said " theres no way you'll end up with just one hive " i laughed . i've now 4 in 2 weeks so 1 origanal from the the tree . just in a brood...
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    New!! old hive !! Advise ASAP please

    ok this is what i've done ok this is what ive done . from bottom up !!!! original base , then original brood box ( gunked up and not seperatable at the min ) then ive put a new brood box full of wax frames ! then a new queen seperator , then a new super full of sheets then a board with a...
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    Photo links to go with new! Old hive ! Post

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_1.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_2.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_3.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_4.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_5.JPG
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    New!! old hive !! Advise ASAP please

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_1.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_2.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_3.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_4.JPG http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28363626/photos/photo_5.JPG Photo links
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    New!! old hive !! Advise ASAP please

    what to do now ???? i'm just working on getting photos online for you to see . So we have a brood box ! with frames in but the wax starters disintigrated years ago . it has frames in but they are just pulling apart as they are all held in with prop . on top of that was a queen seperator gunked...
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    New!! old hive !! Advise ASAP please

    Cheers Yes more than three miles about 20 I'll keep my eye on them tomorrow . So would you not look in the hive tomorrow . So on toP of the broad box put another brood box ? That's easy ! The hive is not too bad ( external ) just one joint parting a little . What should I do with the...
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    New!! old hive !! Advise ASAP please

    I've just cadeged a hive off a game keeper it's old and unused for a few years but not by the bees !! It's full of bees !! It has a brood box and I think a queen separator plus a super in! but it's gunked up to hell . It is now at mine in situ ( placed there tonight in the dark and foam took...
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    Hive assembly

    no prob psa f if the box is out of square a little ( or a lot ) two ajacent corners with for arguments sake be 20 inch and the other two 21 inch if you put the sash cramp on the longer 21 inch diagnol all that you need to do is tighten it up until it measures 20 and a 1/2 inch (maybe a little...
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    Hive assembly

    hi peter s i'm no expert on bees yet . But i am following you . And i'd like to think all my years as a joiner can help you ! so 1 re your pin gun ! i know the pins you mean and in this situation are not reliable enough ! if the timber moves it will pull them out ! Don't use them ! 2...
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    national hive how much ?

    external measurements and internals are exact . i'm working on pics and will get them on as soon as i can ! cheers
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    Bumble bees ! Advice please

    thanks I can't see them beeing a problem ! And i'm not suggesting he grows tomatoes ! thanks all woody
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    Bumble bees ! Advice please

    Mi dad sez " we ant got any chuffing tomatoes !!!!! " But I'm sure he can leave em be , we dont want to kill them . So we'll just see how we get on !! Thanks
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