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Somewhere and I'm not sure where I saw it, I believe I saw a suggestion that when recovering dirty wax from brood frames etc, it is advisable to soak the wax in water before putting it into a bain marie. Is this correct or did I imagine it? I have bought a bain marie and put some wax in it...

I'm just setting up a new apiary mainly for wintering my hives close to home. I have 6 hives in place at present and will be bring down another 4 in the next fortnight or so. I want to shield them from sight on one side as they can be easily seen at present by passers-by and am looking for some...

I've got two hives that are just plain anti-social and aggressive when they are in a good mood and very aggressive when they are not. Weather makes no difference but they breed well and bring in the honey. I moved them to an out apiary in a field miles from anyone and when I visit I wear an...

Thanks for the comments. The day after I write the query I was in the company of a commercial bee keeper and ask his advice. He suggested I put them in a couple of plastic sacks and seal them up and further suggested that I give the foundation a quick spray of light syrup when I use them next...

Anticipating a good bee-keeping year I made up super and brood frames in the late spring. Unfortunately the weather has been rubbish and I've now got four supers and one brood box full of frames with new, untouched by bee foundation. As this will dry out and become brittle over the winter I'm...

I recently collected a swarm which didn't want to go into either of the boxes I offered. One was a standard National brood box and the other was a poly nuc (which I thought was probably a bit small for the size of swarm). Anyway, after three days hanging on the front of one or the other of...

Brighton, Sussex, has/had a pretty good elm population still, despite Dutch Elm disease, but I don't know the situation now and if you're in Vermont, which I think is in Canada I guess it doesn't make much difference! Not sure where you are! St Albans. (Vermont) ..... is that St Albans...

probably not explained very well. The super was pretty full of stores for them to overwinter on. They didn't have a large area to heat, overwintering on a brood box and super under a Qex and eke with fondant. It started/went wrong (I think) when I started to expand the unit early by adding a...

Am I a dozy sod or what? And no-one needs to answer that thank you, I know the answer! about 10/12 days ago I quickly checked one of my hives - two brood boxes, queen excluder and a super with quite a bit of stores topped with an eke and fondant. I was just grabbing a quick look to ensure...

Thank you. I've bookmarked Sussex Beekeepers. Heather, not at all too far - I'll pm you.

Hi, I'm looking for a course for an absolute beginner or a local keeper to Eastbourne who would show me the ropes.