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    Closing down for winter

    I wonder does anyone share my concerns re closing down for the winter? That is, by now most would have expected much cooler conditions, all strapped up, fed and roll on spring! Thus far I have put 2 brood boxes together expecting to be able to close down to 1 brood box with a super of honey on...
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    Is it late for years first check?

    Hi all, interested to know wether i am in a boat pretty much on my own or are there others who have not checked hives yet? The weather in my part of North Norfolk has been pretty good compared with the spring of the last couple of years but the sharp wind has put me off opening up and risking...
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    Uniting hives without finding the Queen

    Hi all, Has anyone ever put 2 colonies together without finding and removing one of the Queens first? Iv'e read the books and seen posts here regarding this. I can understand the need to remove 1 Q before uniting but having only seen Queens rarely I have no confidence that I could find her at...
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    Anybody taken any honey yet?

    I too stopped the syrup feeds about the same time. Had 1 hive swarm and clinging on to the outside of the hive with a cast nearby. The rain was on and blowing from the north east but got them both into hives. Still no sign of any laying from either of them, but the sun only came out here in...
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    More on varroa treatment

    Hi, Thanks for all the replies to my last post re varroa. Now more questions! If Ieave the one super on my first hive is it correct that I can't use Apiguard cos that will taint the honey? If I do leave super on, will this mean next spring that I won't be able to extract any honey from that...
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    How late to leave varroa treatment?

    No mites at the last check about 2 months ago at least none I could see.
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    How late to leave varroa treatment?

    Hi all, Still need to treat for varroa yet. All the info points to putting traetment in,: eg Apiguard within the first two weeks of August, then feeding for the winter. I still have a super of honey on one colony which I'm going to check Sat pm (working am!). If it is still not sufficiently...
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    Queenless colony a solution

    Hi all, Following my prvious post re checking bees in this weather. Thanks for all the replies. Having spoken to someone more experienced, and even after reading about it (but not taking it all in!) I'm going to transfer a frame with eggs from the parent hive to the poss queenless AS hive. It...
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    Marking and Clipping

    Tried a press in cage to mark they jumped all over it, couldn't see queen did her freehand!
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    Should I check the bees in this weather?

    Checking in this weather or not? I have checked,it's warm. My parent hive is ok, eggs larvae,capped brood. My AS hive now seems queenless. Loads of capped brood but nothing else. They are bringing in pollen-a-plenty and seem quite calm, could there be a new queen lurking somewhere? Will it mean...
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    Should I check the bees in this weather?

    HI Pete D and all, Thanks for your various thoughts on this, It's Tuesday morning, I'm on holiday, the sun is shining and I'm off to check how things are. Will let you know if anything of note has happened. Cheers TT Ps near Aylsham
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    Should I check the bees in this weather?

    Hello all, Here in Norfolk it's been fairly changeable on the weather front, as, according to the forecast has everywhere else. I haven't checked my bees for 9 days now and i'm concerned that i should have done so. Since i'm a novice at this I feel that I should be doing as they said on the...
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    Nectar filled cells but not many capped

    Thanks for the link, it certainly helps to know that they WILL cap it at some point!
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    Nectar filled cells but not many capped

    Hello all, In my first full year as a beekeeper. Managed to create an artificial swarm in May and had approx 15lb of honey with no granulation, despite being surrounded ny OSR! They seem to be bringing in quite a lot of nectar and pollen at the moment. I have 3 supers on (one of which is to...
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