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.....no eggs, no larvae and no capped brood. I did my first proper inspection yesterday and found the marked queen, not a huge amount of adult bees and plenty of stores (honey and pollen) but the queen has clearly stopped laying a few weeks ago. I assume that because of the lack of eggs and...

I've just opened my spare, empty hive to find a severe infestation of wax moth that has consumed all the empty comb. It's far too late to think of rescuing anything so I'm into clean-up and damage limitation mode. Two questions: 1. What, if any, is the most effective way of cleaning the hive...

I am in the middle of doing a Bailey comb change and am at the point where the queen is laying on the new upper box and I have put a queen excluder and new entrance between the old and new boxes. As suggested on some web sites, I have blocked the old lower entrance to encourage the bees to put...

I've seen some handy advice on the National Bee Unit FAQ pages suggesting that you can restore old foundation by warming it to release the oils. Does anyone have any experience of this? How warm is warm? It'd be a shame to melt it by mistake.

My question is in the title. Can I start the autumn feed whilst the queen is still laying? Will there be enough room on the frames for them to lay down the stores?

Does anybody have any experience in moving a wild bumble bee colony? I need to move one from a friend's hay barn and wondered whether the same rule applies as with honey bees - i.e. three feet or three miles. I intend to put what ever I find of the colony in to a wooden box and take them to a...

I am new to this bee keeping adventure having got my first colony last night. I have one National hive in a field at the back of my house. I'm lucky enough to have access to a few experienced beekeepers and, if I have learnt one thing, it is that depending on who you ask, not only can advice...