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Hi all, Ive seen a few videos on top bar hives with all the comb just hanging down inside the hive. How do you check for varroa and disease and how do you look for queen cells etc? Would the bars on top make it hard to look at the comb if they were all braced? They look like hard work. :cool:

In the winter months are you in favor of pro-ventilation or anti-ventilation on your hives?

Can anyone explain to me why bees do this back and forth motion outside the hive? It's sometimes called washboarding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbwumXVTOz8 :cool:

I wonder if some of you could help me in this little beginner question. I received my second hand national hive today and I'm very pleased with it, it came fully equipped with two supers and all frames and brood box with frames. I have been told that the brood box has British standard National...

Hello all, been looking around this forum for a while now and have decided to nest here. I have thought about keeping honey bee's for over 30 years now and have just decided to take the plunge in the coming months and get involved in this wonderful past time. I live in the...