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My god what a crowd of total tossers! Thank you Galileo for the only bit of real advice. The rest of you are very free with your views on how I should act and what i really want tohear but as far as I can see know ---- all else! Don't worry - there are plenty of other forums about and also real...

Yes thanks for your reply. I do know about the timings and queens laying etc. I don't think I explained myself fully. What I meant about the apiary size is that I only had one nuc to work from and that was a Commercial box while the large hive was National. Therefore I couldn't do the frame of...

Thanks for the reply and your are right of course, the question is a little irrelevant. However I thought a more experienced beekeeper might put my mind at ease without my having to wait and see. It will all become obvious in time. But the disapproving lecture from you on my actions is not...

Hi, I went to a small apiary today where I have only 2 colonies (one a nuc). The large hive was queenless with no eggs or lava - the new queen I was expecting to be laying obviously hadn't got mated (I was waiting 4 weeks). Now what I did next seems on hindsight to have been risky. I poured in...

Thanks for the advice. On looking at my notes I see it was 2:1 syrup I fed them. Will try dribbling some down the funnel to see if they find it. Thx again!

I have top feeders on the hives - the supplier calls them 'Jumbo Rapid Feeders'. The syrup is 1lb sugar to a pint of water - is that 2:1? And they looked fairly empty of honey when I looked last.thx

Hi all I put syrup onto my two hives a month ago and it looks like the girls have just ignored it. The flow finished here in August and I treated with Apigard for Varroa. I fed them after the treatment. Any tips for me to get them to take it before winter comes? Thx Pat