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Hello, What is your attitude to beekeeping? I took up beekeeping to try and regain my sanity, so I was surprised when I discovered, how many beekeepers were frustrated and fed up with it. So, with this in mind I thought it would be interesting to run a Beekeeper Attitude Survey to see how...

I might need a Queen and would really appreciate your advice. 3.5 weeks ago, I had a bee inspector come to my apiary as part of the EU honeybee colony collapse study. Then the Strong Hive had plenty of brood, larvae and eggs, but we did not see a Queen. 2 weeks ago, I combined hives, using...

My apirary was one of the 200 apiaries selected in England & Wales to participate in the EU Pilot Surveillance Programme for Honey Bee Health. The inspector came last week and I have written a bit about the experience. I will write some more when I get the results and when they inspect the...

Checked my hives last weekend. One hive has a super which is 30% capped, it also has a varroa mite drop of 15/day (which means there are about 500 varroa in there). Should I: (A) Leave the super on for the bees to cap the honey (Will they even cap the honey? Or will they eat it?) (B) Remove...

I read The Barefoot Beekeeper a few weeks ago. In the book the author says things like “... I have read, [Varroa mite] cannot reproduce above about 92F (33C)” (p. 17) and “according to the observations of a several long-time top bar beekeepers, these smaller cells [built on wild comb]...

I am just learning about natural beeekeeping and TBHs. I have just read and reviewed The Barefoot Beekeeper. Is this still a popular book? Anyhow ... I am wondering, what would happen if I opened my Langstroth hive without using smoke? Any experience anyone? Thanks, Roger

Evening all. An Alaskan beekeeper has just written a rather lovely review of Top Bar Hives if you are interested. Do you guys agree with his thoughts?

Here are 2 other photos I took today? Are these polished cells?

My hive swarmed 5 weeks ago. A week ago there was no brood and we could not see any eggs. Now I have this (photo). Is this healthy looking brood? The brood do not look defined. Thanks for help.

So I couldn't find the Queen last weekend (I will check on Sunday). And I ended up getting hive envy when visiting my friends hives. Does anyone else feel like this?

Hi bee experts. I'm taking more interest in all types of bees now. This bee landed in lounge last weekend: www.talkingwithbees.com/bumblebee I have been told it might be a tree bumblebee, but the "tail" looks a bit more pointy than those I have found via google. Thoughts very welcome. Thanks.

Not sure I am qualified to post here!! How common is it for bees to depart the day after you have hived them? This is what I did: www.talkingwithbees.com/hiving-a-swarm This is what happened: www.talkingwithbees.com/easy-come-easy-go Thanks for any advice. Roger - regaining my sanity...

Hi. I have phoned around and those I have spoken to can only supply nucs on standard frames. Can anyone supply a 14x12 nuc near Bristol? Thanks.

only looking for tips from beekeepers with a beehaus. :) thanks.

Hi. I am new to beekeeping (I don't have bees yet) and came across this site as I am researching how I am going to transfer the nuc (which will arrive on standard national frames) into my 14x12 brood box. I have a beehaus, so putting a 14x12 on top of the brood box is not an option. Am...