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Can I use OA strips instead of dribbling OA in Dec?

My hive is right next to a field of rape. I made an inspection yesterday and I have a super with each frame well filled with uncapped honey. The rape is in full flower and will continue flowering well into next week. Unfortunately I am away for two weeks from 28th May. So the question is will...

Yes, I had a good look and as the colony is sparse there was no doubt.

I lost one colony in the winter, now my remaining colony is queenless. Other than restocking is there anything I can do?

I got a swarm in a bait hive in late June, and the have built up well but no honey. I took the super off at the end of August and started feeding them. On Monday, I found them swarming. I collected a big cluster and housed them, and started feeding them. I was going to put Apiguard on but now...

Thanks for the advice. I had a look and found that no eggs laid yet so I cut out the comb and replaced with frames. They did not seem to mind too much. now used the comb in another bait hive so waste not... Cheers

I lost my colony in the winter and so I put my hive in the garden as a bait hive. I put 6 frames of drawn comb. I was away last week and when I got home at lunchtime today I discovered to my great joy that I had attracted a swarm! I have just inspected it to find a large number of bees. So far...

What is the best thing to bait hives with?

I am looking to get restocked from a swarm after losing my colony this winter. Have any swarms been reported in the North of England?

Thanks Very good article. I wont try a second it time! Thanks

I am a new beekeeper. I have one hive and I applied the OA yesterday. Today I looked at the hive and there were already a lot of dead mites on the inspection board. Clearly mites are very well controlled by this substance. When I applied it I thought that getting a direct dose onto each bee is...

Where can you buy a queen?

Can you post a queen? If yes then I would like to take you up on your offer.

Drone cells have raised cappings and all in a cluster at the bottom of the frame. I'm not confident that I can spot eggs, but I do inspect weekly.

I have had no egg laying for 3 weeks, but now found drone cells and what looks like a queen cell. No sign of my old queen but there again I have not seen her since March. What is the chance of the q cell producing a queen and saving the colony?

I did not see any eggs (I did not have my reading specs with me!), but there was unsealed brood.

I looked at the bees this morning. The last time I saw them was 10 days ago when I had capped brood. I seem also to have quite a few drones in the hive.

I started with 5 frame nucleus last August. The colony has never really developed this spring and has now no brood, very little honey and I cant spot the queen. I have not fed this spring summer. What should I do?

As if the lack of honey this year is not enough, I found a nest of ants forming on the crown board of my hive. Any advise on how to keep them out?

I have my hive in a field with high hawthorn hedges. Will they provide nectar and or pollen?