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Can anyone point me towards the best source for finding out what sort of foraging is in my area and when its about? Is there anything like a national website that gives this info or can I look at my local council website or something? Cheers in advance

As the title says really. I'm asking because when i did my oxalic acid treatments at end of Dec all three of my hives looked very strong. We have had some bad weather since then and when i went to change the fondant on my hives at the weekend, i noticed that two of the colonies had dwindled...

So I'm going to be applying oxalic acid to my three hives for the first time ever (this is my first year) and just wanted to get some advice or tips to try and make it as stress free to my bees as possible? Thanks in advance for any advice offered

Just read an interesting article on a science news website: http://scienceblog.com/57600/scientists-track-down-genes-that-help-bees-defend-against-mites/

So I was called today by a Pakistani gentlemen who keeps bees in Pakistan. He was over in the uk for a couple of months and wanted to visit a uk apiary while he was here. I had to explain to him that uk bees are locked up and bedded down for winter at this time of year. I'm sure that the...

I have just bought two new glass crown boards and would like to get them on my hives. Will disturbing the bees at this point cause any problems? Will I be ok to put them on as long as I'm quick?

As a newbie, I was just wondering, can you leave a block of fondant on the hive over winter? does anyone do this? Should it be done? Will it cause any issues? Cheers

OK, so I have three colonies at the moment. All three have been: Treated Fed syrup for the last 4-5 weeks All Supers removed Queen Excluders Removed Insulation in the roof space Mouse guards on I have some fondant on the ready, just in case and I'm intending to put straps on them later to...

I have managed to get some fondant which has gone a bit crusty round the edges. Is there any way to "restore" the crusty bits or is it just a case of cutting it off and throwing it away?

I have created a new facebook page to try and spread a bit of understanding of honey bees and beekeeping to my family, friends and associates. Obviously, Im relatively new to the hobby so thought the page would benefit from a few comments from some of you more experienced beeks. Please like my...

Hi I have a hive with a super on it at the moment. It ony has three of the frames in the super that have been drawn and filled with stores. In the main brood body, there is one 14x12 frame that is not drawn at all. They obviously havent drawn it because of the super above them. My quandry...

This is my first year so i have started putting 2-1 sugar syrup on two of my hives. They werent particularliy short on stores I dont think but I thought it better to be safe than sorry and I'm not intending to take any honey off them this year anyway so am not concerned with "polluting" any...

ok, so last night I arranged with a local farm that I could use some of their land as an out apiary..... :D The farmer said that when i want to move my hives onto the land, to speak to him and he will show me the various locations that I am ok to use. The farm is in an area that has lots of...

What have most people got? I currently have my bees in three gardens (my own, my mums and my sisters). I would love to have them all together at an out apiary but worry about vandalism, how to arrange it etc etc..... How do farmers generally react to being asked? How do you go about asking...

Hi guys I was just wondering about moving hives over the winter. I know usually, you have to move them more than 3 miles but as there will be very little activity in the hive, can you get round this by moving them in winter. I assume that come spring, you will have totally new flyers and...

I am merging two NUC's this week and would prefer not to kill one of the queens if at all possible, so if anyone is in need of a queen, I am more than happy to donate her. She has always produced good tempered bees up to now and is a good layer and is this years (marked yellow by me). I am in...

Hi All On Friday, I noticed loads of dead bees in front of the nuc that I currently have in my garden. There were probably a good 100-200 dead bees. I was worried that the nuc was collapsing and was a bit gutted because it is a really good colony with extremely calm and friendly bees and I...

Hi All I have two swarms that I got in June. Both are laying and have a good qty of brood and store but both are currently still only NUC sized. I will be moving them into full sized hives in the next week or so but I was just wondering: 1) At what point in the year (if at all) do I need to...

Hi I am going out to collect a swarm tonight and assuming it is still there and I bring it home, I am intending to pass it on to someone. If you are interested in this swarm, you can have it for £30 (this is to cover my costs in recovering it, feeding it and three or four 14x12 frames. I will...