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Hi, when uniting do you close the entrance on the top brood box. Cheers

Bit of advice please. Been trying to get into my hive over the last three weeks but the temperature has got above 12 degrees round here and the wind has been blowing a cool breeze to probably take it down a few more degrees. Am I right to refrain from inspecting or should I risk chilling the...

Okay, probably a simple one but can you use fondant brought from the local cake shop to feed your bees. Cheers

Hi, just a quick question. Put my Apiguard treatment on last weekend. Should I be inspecting this weekend or should I leave alone until I drop my next lot of Apiguard on. Thanks in advance.

Just got back from the allotment and one of the guys up there is not to keen on my bees. "There no good for anything" he stated. I then explained that without bees the world would be a very differant place and how they could help increase the yields on the allotment. His reply. "Well they...

Hi, what's the best for treating with apiguard? I have been told that a super is too deep but the instructions say eke or super. What are the pro's and con's of each? Bump

Hi, bees swarmed about a month ago. It was my first hive and small. I had just put a super on when they swarmed and there seemed to be plenty of room The new queen has hatched and started laying. I can't see any eggs but I can see grub. New queen is laying all over the frames with no real...

Posted on here a couple of weeks ago for advice on a captured swarm. Thanks for the replies but guess what? Its happened again. I was leaving the new queen in the original hive to emerge and settle in so hadn't checked them for a couple of weeks. I was due to inspect tomorrow but have popped...

Hi, another newbie. Got my first bees in late may. It was only a small nuke because i didn't want to have the stress of dealing with swarming in my first year. I put a super on a couple of weeks ago because they had nearly drawn out the foundation in the brood box. Thought I was doing...