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I have lost both of my hives this winter. This is the first time I have lost any colony over winter so to loose both of my hives was a real shock. They seemed in good health going into the winter, they had plenty of stores and I treated them both with Oxalic Acid in January. One hive was looking...

I'm very confused as two of my hives seem to have swarmed even though they have new queens which were raised this year and I'm wondering if this is normal? To put you in the picture I completed artificial swarms early in the season (local oil seed rape seems to have made everything happen...

I completed the first inspection of the year today and I have one hive which would appear to have surplus stores of syrup. I left on a super in the autumn as it had a little honey and I wanted to leave the bees with healthy stocks. Unfortunately I think I may have given them too much syrup as...

My bees swarmed in April, I hived the swarm and now I don't seem to have a queen in either hive. I'm a novice beekeeper with one colony and I live in Cheshire. The problem started back in April. During the hot spell in March my bees were becoming active but I hadn't completed an inspection (I...