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My apiary is currently down to one queenright hive, which has only had a laying queen for about 3 weeks. I also have a hive which is hopelessly queeenless and has laying workers. From what I've read, this is a lost cause. Conscious that I have 'all my eggs in one basket', I'd like to get a...

Approximately 750 pounds of raw, unfiltered local honey for sale. In 30 lb buckets. Please direct message me for more details.

Interested in people's view on timing of winter treatment. I treated using sublimated oxalic acid over a 3 week period in the autumn and I was planning to do a winter treatment as well. Two questions: 1) Is a winter treatment really necessary given that I treated in September? 2) If one does...

I'd sell it for £3/lb.

I have approx 600 lbs of West Berkshire honey to sell. Does anyone know of any bulk buyers that would be interested?

Is it just me, or does this seem like a pointless product? Is mite drop not a easier metric for infestation? https://youtu.be/QxYE2LLTYAo

well it look like there's a consensus!

I treated my bees this autumn with three doses of sublimated oxalic acid, at 7 day intervals. My question is, is it really necessary to treat them again this winter, just 90 days later? Would be interested to hear what others do.

Is there a consensus on the use of sublimated oxalic as an autumn treatment? I've seen some posts suggesting 3 treatment 5 days apart. Should the amount of sublimated oxalic be the same as during a 1x winter treatment?

Definitely a link between colony size an aggression. The question is does size cause aggression or visa versa. The conventional wisdom is that aggressive bees are no more productive than gentle bees, but I'm not convinced. I've seen my gentle bees get decimated by wasps, for example. Doesn't...

We've had a honeybee colony in our chimney for at least 20 years (was already established when we bought the house 20 years ago). I remember discussing it with Catherine at one of her talks. During this time I have never seen a period when they weren't active (outside of winter). The bees do...

I wasn't very active on the forum for a year or two and on my return it seems that the standard method of applying OA in the U.K. Has gone from trickling to sublimation. What changed? Has there been new research or guidelines? Or is it more a change in fashion?

I have to move 4 hives about half a mile prior to the end of December. I've heard that in the winter one can move hives this distance if you temporarily obstruct the entrances with sticks and leaves once they've arrived at the new location. Has anyone had experience doing this? The hives are...

Yes, should have mentioned that I have reduced entrance to a couple of bee widths.

Any clever ideas on how to deal with a hive that is bring attacked by large numbers of wasps day after day? It's my gentlest colony and unfortunately they seem to be gentle with the invaders. I'm feeding at the moment and have been thinking about removing the syrup and then restarting once...

I have had multiple experiences where the progeny queens F2 of purchased gentle buckfast queens have been vile. Not sure if it's a trait of buckfasts per se, but no question that it is a regular occurrence.

I've been beekeeping for about 6 years and thought I'd try an alternative strain to Buckfasts. My main problem has been aggressiveness of the second generation queens. Any suggestions on a calm strain that is bred in the UK and suited to Southern British weather? On a recent visit to Poland, I...

And is that because the foragers won't find and be accepted by adjacent hives? (question for Hivemaker)

I was thinking that this might be a kind-of shortcut to uniting them :) It also avoids having to open the brood box and find the queen!

I have 5 hives in fairly close proximity to each other (about 3 feet apart). One colony has been extremely aggressive all season and it's got to the point where it's really tough to inspect. I actually want to reduce the number of colonies, but rather than destroy all the bees in the nasty hive...