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cheers pat, sounds like they are okay? maybe the queen just isnt working hard enough

keeping bees on allotments, wow i could tell you all about the hassle i had with certain elements on my allotment but with a wedding to go to tomorrow i don't have the time or battery on my Mac book, thankfully with a little education and assurances i have been able to keep 2 hives on my...

richard, this is great thank you very much, just what a very very busy newbee needs :)

Folks, having been working flat out for the past week in London, say no more. !!! I really need to get on top of my bee keeping husbandry. I was going to try and extract some honey next week and start getting ready for the winter. its my first year and want to take some honey for myself, so...

awesome, i will do some exploring and hopefully get some pictures if i find anything.

gaucin is awesome, love the views, love the little restaurant that over looks the road and the white washed houses in the dip, :iagree:

Does anybody know of any bee keepers in Southern Spain? We are off for a week and I would love to have the chance to visit some hives. Having had an apartment for several years there prior to keeping bees back here I feel i may have missed the chance to have see how they do it in that heat...

Sounds mental, Well done for holding the line. bee-smillie:willy_nilly:

I am loving the words of encouragement. This is my first year and so far love it. I have just been out in the garden and done my mesmerised by the bees stand in the garden in my slippers bit watching them flying in to the hive with pollen on their legs. Its from the Californian poppies on my...

again thanks one and all for your replies, to this ed i am going to tell my work mates to p--ss off, and hopefully get at least one super of honey due to living in the south London area. regards Jim :party:

any flow would be good, I just want to get some honey in this my first year, cant handle the p--s takers at work ribbing me for being a bee minder not a honey provider.

Hi folks, I know this is a pretty inaccurate question, and we have had a pretty mental year weather wise. Well certainly in the South east. But when does the flow pretty much draw to a close, Do the bees just run out of goodies to collect and do they just chill out in the hive ? I live in...

doh, just when i thought about adding it on the bottom, :eek:

chaps, thank you all for your answers, I like the option of taking a couple of drawn frames out from super 1 and sticking them in super 2, it all seems so easy !!!!!!!!!! Baggy, you have the nail on the head, LOL about being tight HA HA HA HA, FRUGAL i think they call it. I do have a super...

True, i only have 1 hive though, would this be a feasible option ?

Right folks sorry if this has been done to death but i cant find a thread. I have read some of the advice regarding adding additional supers and have taken on board where to put it. The majority think below. Although i have just read that if its underneath this may upset them and the...

good luck with that one :eek:

fair enough, just wasn't sure if they would be able to work hard enough to draw out the foundation as well as build up honey ?

cheers gents, great advice thank you both. The bees will be starting on foundation not drawn comb, should i feed them as well or let them crack on without it ?

Afternoon folks, Just finished my third inspection and am delighted to say I have 8 and half frames of brood/ of which 6 and half is good brood the other 2 are bees with the foundation being drawn out nicely. I am going away of Tuesday for a week so next inspection will be Monday week. should...