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My bees have been horrible over the last few days. I wanted to take a honey sample for the refractometer on wednesday and they went bezerk. Counted 57 stings in the smoker bellows. Did not even start to count the ones on my gloves. Was sorting out the garage on Friday. Some 30 odd feet away and...

A friend up the road has found himself Q-. 3 weeks since queen hatched, but he can only see a few lava in the hive which he says are drone. He wants to buy a new queen, but has heard a drone layig hive would kill her. Can anyone shed any light on that. His bees are busy bringing in pollen etc...

Hi. I noticed this PM that bees were taking the syrup I put for them. This hive has a swarm I caught in there. A lot of activity and noise. I lifted the crown board and the bees were at one end of the BB, not directly under the syrup. Could it be that the feeding ones are robbers? Bees are...

The swarm I recovered last Tuesday have not come up for the syrup. For some reason they are all crammed up together at the back of the BB. And they are up high, above the top bars. I have sprayed them with sugar syrup this morning. Is this the best way to get them to eat? Sun has just come out...

I managed at last to get the swarm I lost on saturday into a hive. Tried Monday evening, but they went straight back to the tree. Last evening tried again and, although some formed clusters back on the branch, the ones in the bag made thier way into the hive. Got home this evening and there was...

Hi. Got becak from work at 1 oclock to see a swarm leaving hive. Landed in a tree. I have put a bb with 1 old frame and the rest new. also some queen pheremone. Have about 20-30 scouts looking in and around the box. Hope they will move in. How long should i leave the pheremone in? Also the swarm...

Hi. I added a second super to my hive a week or so ago as the first was quite full and I had lost a swarm. The bees are not drawing out the second super at all. The first is, as I said, quite full and is getting capped, but is there an average time from filling comb to capping? I will be...

On average, what does 1 LTR of honey weigh?

Bee inspector looked at the bees. Happy with them. said to feed 1:1 to encourage building up thr super comb. Put in about 3KG sugar over a week. Bees built quickly. Could there have been enough syrup to have made stores? I don't want that in my honey. Perhaps I will keep this super for winter...

Hi all. Inspected my strong hive this morning. I lost a swarm from them last Tuesday. I cut out all but 1 cell. This morning, I could not see the cell from last week. Could I now be permanently Q-? I was going to follow the advice of a member and unite with a weaker hive, but I think I should...

Just about to start my first proper season after catching a swarm last june. I saw I had a charged cup last evening. I mistook it for a superceedure cup, but thought I would do an A/S on saturday. Alas, they did not give me the chance, and I found a great swarm around a dead, ivy ridden branch...

HI. A mate called me today to his wife had seen hugh amount of bees heading off into the distance. He was preparing to make a desision on an A/S this evening, but we think she has gone. Sealed cells in hive. I went straight to my strong hive to do inspection. The are the devils spawn, but I...

I added a super to my hive during the last warm spell. I have been inside today to destroy the drone frame I put in to control the varroa. (only found one of the blighters in the frame, so quite pleased) The brood box is heaving with bees. I was surprised that they had not moved up into the...

Is it normal to have lots of pollen falling through the mesh floor. Seems the poor bees are working so hard and losing quite a lot. Have they dropped it or is it surplus at the moment?

Looked in my hive situated at a mates house near Llandrindod wells today. Not many bees.... I found a few capped cells and 1... yes 1 lavae.... Coud it bee too cold yet for brood.... Maybe there is no queen and there is a drone laying worker...... I thought there would either no brood or...

Tonigts question is:- What is OSR? :confused:

Hi all. My one hive is full of bees. Brood at all stages. Looks really good. When should I consider adding a super. I live on the welsh/Hereford border. My other hive looks poor. Bees only on 2 frames. They are bringing in pollen and filling comb, but no sign at all of any brood. What should i...

Hi all, Should we have bees on fondant or sugar water at the moment? When should we consider stopping feed? Thanks.

Hi all. Just a quick post to say that pollen has been brought to the hives today. Spring coud be on the way. Craig.

Hi to everyone. I am trying to prepare my equipment for next year. If I have a super full of honey and remove this to extract, do I need to add another super, or will the bees be OK untill the frames have been emptied and replaced on the hive? Thanks in advance, Craig