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Been away but inspected yesterday. Great brood pattern and all looks good. Thanks again.

I now have bees - thanks to those who replied.

Hi, welcome to the forum. I usually get loads of help here and not too much grief! BIAS is brood in all stages- eggs larvae and sealed brood. As far as finding the queen, if you move the hive to the new location ( relatively close) the flying bees will 'return' to a new hive placed where the...

Either smock or full suit, with wellies. Thin disposable gloves or bare hands.

Thanks All other equipment is cleaned well, I just missed one! I will go out and rehive later.

Ok, so I have a bait hive in place: south facing, old but good condition comb in place, lemon grass oil bought and a few drops sprinkled. Just in case, I put a poly nuc behind the greenhouse with similar comb but no oil. I also had an old nuc (from my last colony to completely die out) between...

Her Majesty (the queen).

Still off topic; I will let the topic go back to the original poster's intent but ... the square/cube model, whilst being crude does apply to any scaled shape and not just spheres (not balls, but I am still smiling at the comment). In terms of my understanding, I am an engineer, now teacher...

:iagree: My wife was big and brave last week and investigated for me! A neighbour had thought honey bees whereas the 'owner' had realised they were bumble bees. Still, it is a good way to get to know neighbours better.

The surface area of the ball will have increased by a factor of (4/3)^2 = 16/9 or a little less than 80% extra (1.8 fold increase), and the volume has increased by (4/3)^3 = 64/27 or about 140% extra (2.4 fold increase). This pay off between a square and cube rule shows how much more energy...

It does get easier with practice. I get ridiculously protective of my bees and I am sure I am not the only one who knows how you feel. No need to feel guilty

I put the supers under the old ones. I remember your situation well and must have looked in five or six books looking for the answer - never found!

Now getting desperate. I am happy to travel to collect, so Somerset or even Wiltshire too. I really do hate not having bees.

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pm me please if you have anything. I am on nationals but will work something out if nuc on different frames.

Yes. just let any bees that are in it fly back to hive. It may well be totally devoid of bees. Actually, is it strong enough to need 1 super, how many frames are covered in sealed brood/stores?

I assume it smells ok?

:yeahthat: Too quick to replace the old queen. I am looking forward to Finman's explanation,

Hi Zipi,iIf you can get to your library, they should be able to get: Beekeeping for Dummies or, Haynes Bee Manual. Both are a good read but the dummies book will give you info on bears and raccoons etc (written for the Amercan market). There is no substitute for a beginners course and a...

No. I have no objections to the non standard size, I just don't want the drones from an unmanaged hive visiting my colony with goodness knows what on them or in them.