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    Aborted Swarm from a Warre Hive?

    Looking after a Warre hive for a friend and my wife sent me these pictures today... Lots of bees clustering on the front of the hive, and within about 30 minutes, they had settled down into two quite big cludters, one no the front of the hive and one under the hive. I left work to go and knock...
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    Rain Swarm

    Wandered down to the apiary this morning in between thumping showers of rain to see a swarm in a small larch tree nexto to one of the hives (swarms seem to love that tree). They were looking very sorry for themselves, must have swarmed yesterday afternoon and got caught out by the rain. A sad...
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    Australian Research

    Possibly already been discussed, but this could provide some interesting data...? http://www.gizmag.com/honeybees-rfid-tags/30477/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=027864f151-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-027864f151-91074281
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    Not much brood

    I have three colonies, one of which is a string swarm from June as is doing well. Ther other two were artificial swarms from may which grew well and produced a couple of supers of honey each. Both of these colonies now have a good number of bees but very little brood? (Maybe a frame in total in...
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    My Trap Out

    I have been keen t try a trap out for a while. There are two different swarms in my mother-in-laws roof and one of them is conveniently placed next to a section of flat roof at good working height. Their main entrance was under a small raised section of lead flashing next to the chimney piece so...
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    How much honey do you lose with a swarm?

    I mean, how much honey do they take with them when they go?
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    Honey frmo a Wild Colony

    I was called out to remove a wild nest that had died out over winter. Bees had still been seen moving in late feb early march, but I suppose this winter was just too long for them. It was in the eaves of a huge barn and had apparently been there 10 years or more (with probably multiple...
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    Shaking bees from Top Bar Frames

    I nee to do a shake-out of my bees from a Warre (top bar hive) on the advice of a bee inspector. Does anyone have a clever way of shaking bees from top-bar frames without them falling apart?
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    Boosting A Colony

    I have an apiary with a nice strong colony from an A/S in may on BS natioonal that has grown up well. In the same apiary i have a very weak colony in a Warre hive from a package in early may. Despite continuous feeding they are only taking down a pint if syrup per day and have created and drawn...
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    Boiler Vent Pipe

    Why are my bees so interested in the vent pipe from my boiler? I don't think there s any condensation in it for them to drink from. There not scouting new hives are they? Anyone else experienced this?
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    Dead Bees from a Package

    While I'm posting... I installed a package into a friends Warre hive 2 weeks agoNot hugely impressed with the amount of bees in the package in the and (just over 3lb). I have been feeding them hard and they have drawn out a reasonable amount of comb so far. After installing I noticed quite a...
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    Another Swarm?

    Any advice would be well received. My single hive swarmed 6 weeks ago. After the prime swarm went I caught a cast and put in in a nuc. The original hive had lots of sealed queen cells and masses of bees so I did an AS with a virgin queen in the new hive and queen cells in the original all...
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    Swarm Chaos! Advice please.

    Ok. Lots of action this morning, and I'd I'm just collecting my thoughts before I go in and try and sort things out. Any advice greatly appreciated. I have a single national hive on brood and a half (I know, I know.... It was doing so well at the start of the year I just left it with the super...
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