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Dear Beekeepers, yet again i need some advice (i hope i'm not exceeding my quota!) After inspection yesterday I found a few problems that I'm a bit stumped with. My mentor is on holiday, so i turn to you generous folk for advice... I have 2 colonies with problems: (both in Nationals) The...

Hello, Following advice, I returned a super to the colony after extracting for the bees to clean. That was Monday. Today I went to put the clear-board on to remove said super once more and I found it full of bees storing honey in it! What now? I guess I leave it on? The hive has a second...

Hi All, i'm just about to bottle my first honey taken off a few days ago! I've had a supers worth in a bottling tank for a few days but it still has a few bubbles in it. The honey was double strained strait into a 30lb bucket and then poured into the bottling tank. Unfortunately, i had to pour...

Good evening, One of my colonies swarmed 9 days ago ( a week after buying the colonies)...the previous day I'd had my fist look into the hives with the help of an experienced keeper, and in one (obviously the one that later swarmed) we found several Queen cells, which we destroyed. Next day...

Hi, I'm new to beekeeping and have just discovered this fantastic forum. Already learnt a lot from reading posts. Please can anyone recommend a good extractor. I have three colonies at present, but intend on expanding to around 10 over the next years. There's a lot of rape grown in the area so I...