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Have a very busy hive but can't find a Queen, I very often can't spot her in such a busy hive even though she was marked earlier this year. There is a lot of sealed brood and a great deal of pollen but not much in the way of larvae. Some of the larvae looks about 7 days old. (?) Feel...

Another question please. After extracting honey I put the fames back into the hive above the crown board for the bees to clean up. Would like to store through the winter, finding the advice a bit conflicting. So - can i wrap them in newspaper put in a big plastic box and leave...

I took off my honey a few weeks ago, also took off the queen excluder but left the super in place. (My intention was to swop the brood box and super over for the winter - but as the boxes were heavy I decided to leave until I had help) masses of activity around the hive today and had a...

Due to many reasons I have a brood box with a super on top (no queen excluder in place). I had a new queen towards the end of last season. Today is the very first time I have been able to get to the hive to see what is going on. The brood box and super both appear to be thriving...

Hi. I had coffee this morning with two elderly beekeepers, this is always a mistake - 1, as I always end up paying for the coffee, and 2 they both like to help me with advice. This ALWAYS conflicts. Mentioned my 2 queens were two years old and I felt I should do something about it...

I have recently moved and have brought my two hives with me. I had a new site arranged for them to move to in the spring - but due to the weather I think it will be unlikely I will ever be able to move them there. When I moved in November I placed them in a temporary position beside my...

Hi. have just returned from holiday to find the fields on 3 sides are covered in oil seed rape - all flowering beautifully - on the fourth side of the garden we have the sea. As this is my first experience of OSR. I could do with some advice. I realise I must remove any capped honey and...

I have been reading a lot lately about shook swarms as a means of controlling disease, and wondered what your thoughts are on the subject - not sure if it would be beneficial, and how long it would take the bees to recover and get back to full production. any comments please.

Just reading the forum regarding d.i.y. fondant. Can I use the boxed fondant icing sugar mixed with water - would that provide the same result. i have a box of silver spoon icing sugar and the ingrediants are just icing sugar and dried glucose syrup. Thanks.

Hi. Have tried making fondant for the first time and have followed posted recipies (Granulated sugar, glucose, water) and you tube videos - In spite of this I have not been overly successful - (still pretty fluid - will never form a solid but pliable consistency) I have a packet of...

Hi. as a new beekeeper - overrun with information - some of it conflicting, I need a few simple answers - firstly Can you tell me what is supercedure. My queen is several years old - queen cells are now appearing - is this supercedure ? 1) do I kill her and let the hive make a...