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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...