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Hi all, inspected hive today, found lots of brood in all stages but no eggs, to cap it all found 4 capped QC's and the queen. What would you do!

Hi all, Just finished cleaning up a ploy hive the bees over wintered in and when I removed the mesh floor found wax moth larvae burrowed into the polystyrene structure, any one else had this problem. Cheers Cedar

We set up the new solar wax melter today, and with the weather today it's doing a brilliant job. So question is how do I clean/ sterilise the frames up ready to re use? C

Hi all, a few newby questions, we went into winter with three colony’s on double brood boxes, one cedar hive and two poly nationals. As the temp got up to 19 deg C we decided to do a very quick inspections on all three not full inspections. Q1 Cedar hive this colony is quite small, it has not...

We are finally trying a second attempt at extracting our first honey crop. Now that we have acquired the press. The refractometre reading from samples before pressing is now 20.2 % /21.2. We are going ahead and pressing as the boxes have been kept in our utility room which is getting colder...

Hi, all I have noticed that some people mount the extractors on castors, is there a reason or is it just to make moving it easi

We have been given permission to put a couple of hives in the corner of a field that is cut for hay. No other crops. What is the best way to protect the hives from the deer and foxes. We can put up a screen around them, this will help to make them less visible from the road, but should we also...

Hi all, Any ideas on how to stop wasps, they have wiped out two nucs in two days in a row:eek: have wasp traps and getting 100's in them every day also caught 5 european hornts:eek: tried glass angled across front of hive. Thanks.

Hi all,not worthy Bees clustered on hive entrance, we are part way through doing a demaree, the top Brood box is sitting on the demaree board with no vents in it, a small entrance there are 3 capped Q cells in it. Do you think its just to cool off the hive as there are bees fanning at the...

Help please We found a dozen or so bees clustered on a plant pot, thought they were just getting water but discovered a Queen with them. At the moment she is in a Queen cage. She could be a young Queen going out or coming back from a mating flight from 1 of 2 possible demaree we have. Should we...

Sitting in the van eating scampy and chips waiting for all the bees to go in with the queen., some are still loitering in the greenhouse we found them on., Should we catch them all. Only its getting late and dark. Not to mention its raining. It is a big swarm. Will send photos later. Thanks C

Hi all, Went to 5 litres of made up syrup only to find it had mould growing on top:eek: now I guess I’ve got throw it away:mad: But thought I would just check first, is there any thing I can do to make it useable for the bees. Thanks

Hi all, ~I found A Queen Cell with occupant. I couldn't find the queen so did a shook swarm on 12 April. I had a quick peek at at the hive this morning as we had a good break in the weather,with the QC and Queen uncapped and hopefully off being mated. The other hive that should have had the...

Hi all, I expect this has been asked before, but don’t get on with the search. When doing an artificial swarm control, is it necessary to move hive to one side and then to other side, or could one move original to one side put swarm control in original place and in three days time just swap them...

Hi all, I was doing first inspection of year on first frame with brood on there were two play cups and a queen cup with occupier, removed said cell :eek:and carried on with inspection only to realize that there did not appear to be any eggs and only a hand full of capped worker and quite alot...

Hi, Found this in one of the daily papers wondered whether might be good for our bees and value for money. All the w’s windeals.co.uk/wildflower.:eek: Cedar

When will I be able to remove protection. The mouse guard is hindering the girls bringing pollen in, knocking it off as they go in. It is mild now but we could still have more frosts. Got this far through our first winter ok, don't want to make a mistake now. Thanks Cedar

We are looking into getting some hens and building them an enclosed run big enough to take a couple of hives too. After struggling with our woodpecker cages this winter we thought that if the aviary was made out of mesh that was woodpecker proof I would have easier access to the hives. So my...

Hi All This is a microsope slide My dad took of his second colony which seems to have dysentery at the moment, there does seem to be quite a lot of dead bees on the ground, but they could be from being caught out by cold afternoons and evening once sun starts to go down. Thanks Cedar