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  1. nickhodge

    Showing Honey

    All I am shortly (saturday) to enter our local Beekeeping Association (Southampton) Honey Show which is really struggling for entries, having already been amalgamated with the allotment society show (although good synergy) As a novice (2nd year beekeeping). I am hoping someone has tips to just...
  2. nickhodge

    Does this look like Queen hatched?

    Some may have been following my AS happenings on Saturday afternoon. My dilemma is I was pretty sure the QC was uncapped then and if it was it's only 5 days. Maybe it was capped? Went in last night and now have no capped QCs (some have RJ but no sign of larvae) and this one. Has she hatched or...
  3. nickhodge

    Artificial Swarm Today

    Hope it's Ok to post my YouTube link here about today's artificial swarm in my apiary? I like to document my learnings on beekeeping if only for my own use. Comments welcome (good or bad), hope some novices, like me get some re-assurance from it http://youtu.be/w6VGkjeLycY I'm particularly...
  4. nickhodge

    Extra brood space or not?

    This is my second year beekeeping, so have no experience of the growth of over wintered colonies. I have two colonies in National hives and one is progressing normally and one has exploded into life with heavy population of bees over 8 or 9 frames and the rest set to stores. During a recent...
  5. nickhodge

    What a great weekend - Hampshire

    Hi all This weekend was great for bees both at the Association Apiary and it appears for mine. Did inspections on both and they appear thriving in the main. Monday was so beautiful around my yard I put a little footage together that I thought some might like. The 'girls' certainly like the...
  6. nickhodge

    Wax Harvesting

    Hi all...again! As you may realise, I am at the end of my first beekeping year. I intend to re-cycle my brood combs over three years effectively replacing one-third from start of next season replacing it with fresh foundation. I am interested also in making candles, lip balm and hand cream...
  7. nickhodge

    Ideal Overwinter Configuration

    Hi Although we have had a few warm days recently I have all but given up being able to do much more with my two hives. What confuses me at the minute is the ideal configuration to over winter. I extracted some honey from a super on each hive but left them any frames which were not capped. I...
  8. nickhodge

    Hungry Bees

    Hi All Took my single super off last night as I am hoping to get just s few jars off. Fitted ApiLife VAR strips on frame corners, covered one hole in crown board and placed rapid feeder over other. Reduced entrance and fitted varroa boards and foam to seal up in an effort to improve efficacy I...
  9. nickhodge

    Varroa Counts

    You'll see from my post counts that this is my first year with bees. I inspected last weekend and re-inserted my varroa boards to do my monthly mite drop count (coated in vaseline) They have been in for 48 hours and tonight I did a count of both colonies. Hive 1 a month ago had six mites and...
  10. nickhodge

    When to stop feeding?

    All Got some great advice here a few weeks back to get my newly housed swarm feeding and the colony is growing well. It was debated at the time if this was a cast and I have seen the queen just over a week ago and she was unmarked. At that time the weather was still iffy and I could only see...
  11. nickhodge

    Help with newly housed swarm & feeding

    All I am a new beekeeper although have attended a training course and had 12 months of research before today. I received a swarm from a fellow local club member on 30th April 2012 and these are in a National brood box with 11 frames with new foundation. I opened the box the next day (about...
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