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Hi, Can anyone please give me some advice. Checking the frames in last years supers I see that in a few isolated cells that some of the pollen appears to have developed a slight white mould. Should I replace these with foundation or will the bees clean these out as they come across them...

Hi, I'm hoping that one or more of you can give me some advice please. Approximately two weeks ago I found two unsealed QCs containing royal jelly together with some play cups across several frames. I removed the play cups, moved the Queen into a spare nuc, and left the two QCs, I checked...

Hi, I wonder if someone can please give me some advice. I found two unsealed Queen cells yesterday, both will Royal Jelly, and both on the same frame. I did an AS moving the existing Queen into a Nuc with a frame of brood, two of honey, bees from two more frames and two frames of foundation...

As the title states I have new (worn once) all in one Sherriff S36 Apiarist suit for sale. It arrived yesterday and was the wrong size, Sadly I did not check the label prior to wearing it and checking my hives. It now has three small spots of propolis on the front and so I can't exchange it for...

I'm considering running one of my hives using a double brood box to see how it compares to the other on a single brood box only. I'm particulary interested to see how they both over winter. Both are nationals. Do I add the second brood box on top of or underneath the present box? I have seen...

I'd be grateful to anyone that could be a mentor to me. Many thanks.