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Did an inspection yesterday, first in about 3weeks due to poor weather and found on one hive capped brood and larva above and below QE.. Not in the usual pattern but two separate groupings. On last inspection I had just put a new super and QE on in preparation for the season. Checked the QE...

I have two weak hives, one which swarmed in mid July and a caste I collected in late June,and would like to combine them ready for the winter. The stronger of the two is the one that swarmed and I know this one should be at the bottom and I should put the weaker hive on top' but this hive has...

Thinking of better days. and come back to a question that has puzzled me before. The queen gets older and decides to swarm, she leaves when the queen cells are capped, we then go and catch the swarm and put it in a new hive, what then? HM is getting old possibly past her best does a supersedure...

Managed to have a look inside the hive about two weeks ago, bees seemed plentiful, 5-6 frames of brood, added a super and the QE, didnt do too much weather was only just warm enough to risk a look. Since then I havent been able to check again due to weather. Today my daughter called me to say...

Have been going through different threads and 'brusing the comb' is a term that i have come across a couple of times (can't particularly remember where, my head doesn't work that way). New to beekeeping but I don't remember reading about this anywhere. So, what is it, how do you do it and why...

Got t my first bees last year, a swarm from a local beekeeper, kept them on a brood and a super and fed them at the end of the season so they have good stores for the winter. Then was told to remove QX, now i'm thinking ahead to next spring. When do I put the QX back ? and where, do I leave the...