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I am still new to bee keeping and have the following question? I have been given some left over fondant from a friend who is into cake decorating some of it is white but quite a bit has had colouring added to it, is this all right to put into my hives? Alan

Last year I became a beekeeper for the first time, and got some bee for my hive from somebody who had collected a swam in a box but not on frames, I had to cut the random comb and mount it into some frames before I then put it into my hive, the problem is that the bees managed to join the whole...

Thanks for the quick response, I will answer a couple of your questions? 1 My queen was not cliped. 2 There were some QC in my hive which I squashed. Thanks again.

I started keeping bees last year and so quite new to this, I have 1 hive in the garden, yesterday a swarm appeared and settled in a tree near the house, I collected them in a box and put them in a new broad box with frames next to the existing hive, the old hive appears to be full of bees so I...

Ok .. right no more 1:1.... Thanks Alan

I am new to beeking this year and have a national hive which I stocked from a nuc about a month ago, I have been feeding the bees a 1:1 sugar solution to help them get going. My questions are 1) I have seen that you need 2:1 for winter do I just change over soon to the stronger mix? 2) Do I...

Thanks for all the useful comments, but as a said i am still new to all this, what is DWV and what sould I be doing about it?

Thanks That has made my weekend, so now to give her a nice big spot on her back!

Can somebody tell me if this is my queen, this is my first year of Beekeeping and I have the 1 national hive, and up to now I am not sure I have seen her

Thanks for all the helpful advice, the people who sold me the nuc seam genuine, but are away at the moment, I will contact them about getting a new queen,

Below are a couple of pictures of frames from my new hive which was stocked from a 5 frame nuc, I have only had it 4 weeks and have never seen the queen? there are some larvae but not much brood, and there is now a couple of Queen cells, any help would be appreciated.

I picked up my first bees last week and transfered the 5 frame of bees from the nuc to the hive, the bees were on the D4 (self spacing type frames) unfortunatly the last 2 frames were not touching and the bees had filled the gap, I tranfered them to the hive in the same ordered and would like...

Thanks for the adivise I now have a rapid feeder in an empty Supa, the next question is how long do I keep feeding the bees, I will be doing my first inspection today or tomorrow? should I now remove the feeder or leave it in?

Thanks for all the help, it's good to know I can get such good advice when I need it.... thanks again

Hello, this is my first post.. so here goes, I am brand new to beekeeping and put my first bees in the hive this morning from a nuc, I have read that I now need to wait a week before looking in, however I put a litre of Syrup in a feeder on top of the crown board in an empty supa? do I need to...