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national hives all cedar, metal roof, openmesh floor ,2 supers,,castellated spacers in bb and supers £100 north of derby

I ordered some 8oz jars from a Cornish packaging company they sent 5 oz jars They said the manufacturer told them you could get 8oz of honey in these jars because its 'Heavier' wHAAT!!

I need to scale down I've got a quantity of surplus kit What is a fair price for a second hand sterilised cedar hive excellent condition? om floor brood box (castellated) super (castellated) crown board roof (metal) Nationals

Ive got a few pounds of honey at 22% water content would you feed it back to the bees .Diluted or undiluted ?

beards of bees on the front of the hives, no sign of swarming or swarm cells, no sign of rain ,are we running short of forage? Just been up to the heather its trying to bloom but dry , crispy and bleached

Demareed 20 days ago QE on top of floor. Today bees swarmed settled 150 metres away in tree. Then all went back into the hive. Swarmed without the 👑 Queen perhaps. Anyone else observed this?

Inspection am, no qcs,eggs, so laying queen supered up 2 honey 1 foundation, so plenty of room. Pm temp 22c so not too hot, now bees mob handed walking out entrance up to top of hive big cluster??

Went up on the Derbyshire moors this am to check out the heather seems to be about 2 weeks later than last year

Picking up swarm am tomorrow any aspiring beginner beekeepers in Derbyshire pm me james

is it just me or are the bees swarming later this year?

Bees milling about in and out of box pretty sure Queen lost Advice please

Hi How long will a virgin Queen wait to mate in the hive?

Whats the best method of cleaning a polynuc? Any tips would be appreciated

8th march 8c max temp a couple of hives a bit light on stores' weather forecast said double digit temps at the weekend now it says not Too late for fondant or too early for syrup ? What do you think?

Inspected double brood 12 swarm cells in top box Im going for a lie down :hairpull::icon_204-2:

Jut musing if the season is delayed through the cool spring,still cool here first two weeks of June, and some of the forage flowering later, whether we will get later cropping of the summer honey What are the thoughts and experience of other bees?

Alls quiet in the apiary just a few bees returning at dusk Apart from one hive, hundreds of bees milling about at the entrance not flying just excitedly running about making a lot of noise There is or was a virgin queen in there Any ideas?

Quality 6 frame nuc = brood at all stages ready now £85 PM me if interested

Just had my third honey for sale sign stolen Its beyond pathetic!!

Bees back from Heather moor at weekend, now filling supers on lively flow some Himalayan Balsam,Ivy's not quite out yet but they're bringing in almost like a summers day had to put a second supers on 6 hives.