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First hive inspection today Today I did my first hive inspection of the year. I have noticed one hive with little activity and one with lots of activity over the past few weeks. On inspection, one of our hives only has a hand full of bees in it :-( both hives were treated with api strips and...

Thanks Chris for the reassurance, It was just a bit of a shock seeing them all there like that as I'd not seen them before. I had thought it might be a bit weather related as my grape vine which was green on wednesday is now brown and frostbitten :-( Thanks for the help- very much appreciated.

We got 2 nucs of bees in July and they have been building up the hives nicely with no apparent troubles. Today when looking in the apiary i noticed lots of dead bees on the floor right outside the hive entrance. Probably 60-100 bees. I haven't seen them before but to be honest the ground is...

I am in need of 2 nucs of bees in 4 weeks around 25th july. I am based in Manchester but can travel. Please get in touch.

Thanks for your help!

Hi, I am looking at starting beekeeping and am planning on where to have them etc and have a course booked. Last year at gardeners world live we watched the british beekeeping association and they had the hive behind a mesh frame, i would like my bees in a frame like this rather than making...