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Just got back from a holiday and hah a look into one and only hive and I think they have gone queenless . I see no signed of eggs, larvae brood of any sort, in fact no space either :hairpull: All the frames are full with honey and pollen mostly sealed. I have two deeps I the hive for drone...

Hi All, I have a super with about 8 frames part filled ( about 5-6lb in weight at best ) as I am on 14 x 12 i want to remove and store this super for the winter. If I place this super on top of a crown board, who long would it be before the bees clean it out. Cheers Tony

I have a bait box which is getting a lot of interest, this box is only a few metres from my own hives and an empty hive. So how long should i leave a possible swarm before moving them to the empty hive. My out apiary is only small and a if a swarm does move in they would have to be housed in the...

Hello good people, I have a painted hive and want to change it with one of my old hives which is in need of some light repair. So the question is can i do this at any-time or will the flying bee be disorientated with the hive being a different colour. Cheers. KitzTaz

OK, this is the story of the big gamble. On the 2nd of May we went up to our one and only hive, and having seen plenty of drones and knowing that the fourth coming weather looked promising, we decided to make a split, so to increase our numbers. We where told by our mentor and other bee-keeping...

So here is the story... Yesterday afternoon we went through the hive ( 5 frames, 3.5 full of larvae, stores, and some eggs, 1.5 full of stores ). No QC found, Q was found and seemed quite content snooping around empty cells, And to top it all off they had started drawing out a frame of...

Picked up our first ever nuc on Monday, the weather as all will know was bad for a change. Transfered them to our hive and put some 1 to 1 feed on. Today well this morning we checked on the feed and its still the same, had a quick butchers through the frames, 3 of them have eggs, stores, and...