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Thank you. Just put her back in. Much appreciated

Hi, I had a new queen emerge on the 11/7. I briefly checked on the day and closed up. The weather in Britain has fairly much been solid rain since then ( a few clear hours). On Monday ( partially sunny day) I checked the hive - there were no eggs and the queen was in a small cluster of bees...

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Thank you.

Thank you. Much appreciated

Hi,I artificially swarmed a colony. I have put the old queen in a nuc with stores and sealed brood and new foundation. (Hive A) I now want to add the supers taken from hive A and put them onto the split colony ( hive B) which has a 12 day old queen cell in. My question is, do add the supers...

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Hi I have artificially swarmed a queen- celled colony. The old queen is on the old site with new foundation; one empty drawn comb and a frame of sealed brood (A) The other part of the colony (B)is a few feet away with the rest of the bees, brood at different stages and a queen cell. Both have...

Hi, I’ve been given a (white) WBC hive. As all my equipment is National, I want to move the contents into a (green) national hive with and extra deep brood box. Firstly, will the difference in colour create any issues? Secondly, any advice please? Thank you

Hi, I have overwintered a 5 frame nuc (with queen). I now want to ‘convert’ them and put them (with extra frames) into a National hive. Shall I wait until May, or do this ( weather dependent) in April please? I am based in North England. Thank you.

I have seen pollen advertised ( for human consumption) on eBay. Would it be beneficial or detrimental to add a little of this pollen to the fondant I’ve been feeding to my bees? Any comments appreciated. Thank you. Tom