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Hi, I have just been down watching the bees and noticed outside the hive a few dead bees that appear to be cut in half. The hive in question was recently being robbed by other hive, ithis seems to have stopped by using a sheet of perspex and also there is obviously something nearby flowering...

Hvae the means at my disposal??? I have the will and the enthusiasm, but what means do i need,,,,my 2nd colony is doing well so could always juggle a few of their frames around,,,i have a spare hive and frames etc...and a couple of poly nucs empty,,,,,just dont want to juggle them all and lose...

I housed the new nuc with all the frames of foundation,,,,,and i have since read to do what you suggested....but if i had done that, wouldnt they have still placed there stores on the outer edge frames and ended up in a honey shell?

Could you please shed some light on whether you think the new queen if/when she emerges will have time to mate and start to lay this year....or is she really up against a hopeless task? Thanks

Thanks for the replies....i must admit a read about the demaree method, but wasnt sure enough to try it.... Not the most effecient way i agree Rab....should have just moved the queen and 2 frames and not the 9 frames,,,,but live and learn.... Regarding the reason for swarming,,,,could it be...

Hi, Well i thought it would be too late in the year for my bees to swarm, but alas today during inspection i found 1 colony with 7 (yes i did say 7) queen cells, all at the bottom of 3 frames, all were inhabited with 4 of them almost ready to be capped........ well i was a little shocked at...

Thank you all again for the ideas about smokers/misting etc. Just to update, inspected same hive again today, and this time put a clump of fresh green long grass in the top of the smoker and the bees were fine with it, no odd reactions at all, i did check the heat of the smoke on the back of my...

Thank you all for your replies, i think i am going to light smoker again and run it as experiment and see if indeed it gets or is too hot using woodshavings. It was fine on the hive before hand but maybe it got hotter before i started the 2nd hive,,,,i did stop for a cuppa in between ;) I like...

Approx 1 oclock, very warm and sunny too..... The smoker had new wood shavings in it and was ok on the first hive,,,i wonder if i hadn't compressed it enough and it had burnt through by the time i did the 2nd hive, and although it was smoking well, maybe it was just too hot(the smoke)... Jazz

I checked out my 2 new hives (from 6 frame nucs) of bees yesterday, and overall i am pleased with the way they are steadily building up, brood at all stages inc freshly laid eggs, stores of honey etc, but i have a question i would like some advice on if possible please. On the 2nd hive i puffed...

Small donation Only a small donation Pete. But it all helps. Very new here, but good causes deserve support. Jazz.

Thanks Oliver, all makes sense, probably just my "newness" worrying too much. Only thing i cant totally agree with is "It doesn't rain all the time (usually)".......joking of course.

Thanks all for the welcome and the replies. Must admit i never thought if the blue nitrile gloves, and a friend of mine works in a garage,(have to talk nicely to him). "C'mon, stings are supposed to be good for arthritis" I hear the same all the time now :),,,will soon know if its...

Thank you all for the welcome, The cells are drone cells and Monsieur Abeille description suits them very well as does the pic in the link barratt_sab put up. I agree with thurrock regarding not worrying about honey this year,,,,i am not planning on taking any until next year, i am sure the...

Hi All, I am new here and new to beekeeping too, just thought i would pop in and say hello. I have just collected and hived my first 2 nucs. On hiving the nucs i found 2 queen cups which i took off the frames, i was told to look for them from my nuc supplier, so had an idea they would be...