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    What did I do so wrong?

    I did feed some bought in syrup but didn't put it on until quite late,as there seemed to be a bit of a late flow, they definitely didn't go without food, I think the colonies that died out were stronger than last year to be honest. It is a bit strange that the hives in the garden are all fine...
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    What did I do so wrong?

    What is your current over wintering method? I could do some tips from local beekeepers. The ones I have left don't look too good
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    What did I do so wrong?

    That could well be the answer, I may have over fed them restricting the laying space and what looked strong colonies In autumn had no winter bees in the pipeline.
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    What did I do so wrong?

    Finally got to my apiary to remove the dead hives today. Every one had an untouched super of honey on and lots of capped stores in the broodbox. I did notice in every one there was a lot of uncapped and very watery nectar/ syrup in the comb, I could shake it out easily. A couple had some...
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    WHO

    I don't miss having to wait 10 minutes for the TV to warm up, or waiting for my old dad to fetch his biscuit tin of reclaimed valves and changing them one by one by trial and error until it was fixed.
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    What did I do so wrong?

    I didn't treat at all during the spring and early summer, I never have. I do use apivar every time so may be a resistance but this year I vaped as well. I was quite late feeding as the hives were stuffed with honey and I wanted to leave them some room for brood rather than adding boxes. The...
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    What did I do so wrong?

    Apivar in August and three doses of oxalic a couple of weeks after I removed the strips. The nucs are fine it seems to be the strongest hives that are dead. Last winter a guy with an apiary quite close to me lost all of his,16 I think which is why I did the oxalic treatment quite close to...
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    What did I do so wrong?

    Popped to my out apiary this morning to check the food situation and to give them a blast of oxalic. To my horror I find that six out of the eleven hives have no bees! The others don't look very strong either. Four of the empties have no bees whatsoever and stacks of stores and a block of...
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    Bulk honey buyers

    I have been offered a couple more apiary sites for the spring but both are close to osr fields. At the moment I avoid the stuff because I don't like dealing with the honey. Are there any companies that would buy the honey in bulk around the south? What price should I hope for? Thanks in advance
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    Extremely aggressive bees. Help needed

    I have had a couple of stroppy colonies, when I first started keeping bees I panicked and gave them away. Looking back they were not the worst I've had. I'm only a novice but I think I'd slide them over and stick a hive in their position for a day to bleed off the flyers then wrap up well, two...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Checked my out apiary today, all on double brood with a super. Every one is rammed with stores and the queen's have moved down to the bottom box as they have stuffed the top box with honey. I had planned to leave them double and let them have the super as winter feed but wondering if I should...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    They were definitely yellow and none here today. I hate hornets, I once took five stings after accidently disturbing a nest, not nice I was rough all day
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Discovered that the unite that looked good last week have a dead marked queen and laying workers, I should have taken the advice given here and shook them out, now both nucs lost. I also saw a couple of hornets hovering around but with ageing eyes looking through a veil I couldn't see if they...
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    Van theft

    I was on my way to buy a new van yesterday and got a call from a policeman saying they chased my van Monday night but we're unable to stop it 🙄and it had been found abandoned. It's been crashed but not too bad and was being recovered to the recovery firms yard that's just up the road. They need...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Went through my nucs this morning and found the one I united last week has accepted the queen but she was still in the top box, I found multiple eggs in cells in the bottom box so there's laying workers in there. Left them to sort themselves out. The next half a dozen are ticking along nicely...
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    Van theft

    The broker is dial direct but the underwriter is another firm, the courtesy vehicle is another and the people dealing with the claim are another company. You couldn't make it up! On a good note my nephew was talking to one of his neighbours about it and he remembered me working on his house...
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    Van theft

    I'll be at both local boot sales over the weekend. I'll recognise mine, some I've had since 1978 when I left school. I didn't realise the value as I've bought things one at a time over the years. If I find any there will be tears, not mine
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    Van theft

    Some nice gentlemen stole a couple of vans in my area last Sunday, one of them my trusty transit. It had all my tools in so I have a little time on my hands as cannot work without. The police were not interested other than to give me a crime number,not interested in the CCTV of them driving it...
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Thanks for that. I'll unite them tomorrow and see how they go
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    What did you do in the Apiary today?

    Spent ages going through a nuc looking for a virgin queen. I assumed they were queenless last week so gave a frame of eggs/young brood but they have made no emergency cells so today I thought I'd unite with another nuc. Went through them several times but couldn't find a queen. Would filtering...
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