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One of our hives are filled with vicious little she devils - really mean critters. They attack like stukas!! We were advised to change the queen. So off we go buy a new queen (white spot number 46) in her little box with candy. Find the existing queen we're told, kill it (cripes!!) and insert...

Light hearted question here - even if maybe a bit dumb. I get the impression that home extracted honey is tastier than those in the supermarkets - why is this? I mean those of you who grow tomatoes know that they taste better than in the shops - but that's understandable as shop brought are...

I've been told that when adding new supers because those in place are practically full the best way is to add them directly over the queen excluder, ie under the existing super. Then I read that this can "stress out" the bees as the food supply over the brood has suddenly disappeared. Err I...