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Which is best to put honey in ? cold jar or warm jar Thanks Rob

Which is best to put honey in ? cold jar or warm jar Thanks Rob

we have 2 colonies, one is doing well so no problems there the second hive has the older queen (2 years), it was doing well, nice and strong but then has halved in size. The whole colony including the queen has moved out of the brood box into the super. Question is - should we remove the...

http:// we think we can see larvae in 2 of these queen cells but are not sure. opinions please, thanks

Have inspected the hive today after 15 days (bad weather prevented earlier), and I'm a bit worried about what I found in the brood box: HM was present however only a very few capped brood cells, :eek: a couple of dead larvae, :eek: a couple of bees with deformed wings, :eek: lots of obvious...

at the risk of sounding really foolish... when I was at the hive today I noticed a drone on the floor in its final throes, its eyes were about 5cm away from it on the floor. Question is ... is this normal or am I mistaken that thats what it was? the girls were really active today, bringing in...

Just wondering what everyone uses for smoker fuel? We've tried a few things including compressed cotton - can't seem to light it, straw - little bits come off and scared of burning bees pine cones - can't get them to stay alight cardboard - burns quickly but goes out quick too any advice...

Just wondering if its normal for the bees to congregate and hang off in clusters on the bottom of the brood frames when you taken them out of the hive? They're also drawing out comb down there too, some have brood in them. Also is it usual for a few different colours of pollen to go into the...

Hi everyone, Last year DH did a beginners beekeeping course at our local association, he'd been wanting to get involved with bees for some time and he loves honey. After this we had to apply to our local parish council to be able to keep bees on our allotment, which after cavassing the local...