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In previous years I thought I was safe here but whilst walking my dogs this morning I spotted 3 large fields turning yellow. I think that they would be max 2 miles from my hives. So, what I want to know is can I tell whether my bees are working it? Or do I just assume they probably are. How...

Help, one of my colonies is EVIL! I have a colony in a poly hive, their queen is just starting her third season. I have tried to inspect twice this year so far and they are really nasty. I have not seen HM, but have seen a little capped brood and some uncapped, I haven't spotted eggs but not...

I had a quick peak inside all of my hives yesterday and am a bit stumped as to what to do with my top bar hive. At the end furthest from the entrance they have 3 completely empty combs, the next one has stores on the outside but the topbar is detached from the comb. I didn't try to move anything...

I have a small colony which are q-, that I had been planning to combine with another in the next few days but I have just been asked to remove a swarm from someones garden. Assuming that the swarm is cooperative, can I immediately add them to my small q- hive (they are a little way away from my...

I collected a swarm locally in may. The queen was marked and all was well. Due to a little accident I had with the QE during an inspection they ended up being brood and a half as the queen moved up and layed in the super. This was not a problem and still seemed to be going well until the weather...

Am feeling pretty frustrated so please be gentle with me, but about 11.30 this morning a large swarm took advantage of the first sunshine in weeks and left the hive, heading almost straight upwards. They have settled in a yew tree who's branch span is about 10ft from their original hive, and at...

Last night my daughter (12y) caught a beastie in her room, and brought it to show me. Look at this massive bumble bee. When I had finished paniking I looked at some old magazines to confirm it was in fact a european hornet. It seems they are much more of a danger to my bees than to us humans. So...

I collected my first swarm on saturday. It was about the size of a rugby ball. I have put them into a national brood box with some drawn frames in the middle and some foundation at the outsides. Today I have seen the bees bringing in pollen and whilst trying to take photos of the pollen laden...