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    Swarm taking over another swarm ?

    Over the weekend I have had 2 swarms arrive at the same bait hive on a shed roof . Swarm one covered 3frames probably a cast ,Sunday ,another swarm arrived at the same bait hive and seem to have taken over ,lots of fighting and casualties outside the hive ,when checked in the evening found bees...
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    Stores from BB to Supers .

    Is there a way to have the bees move the stored honey in BB frames to my super frames or will the bees do this themselves when they need the room ,i have a double brood with plenty stores and the supers are being filled slower than the brood box ,maybe i,m just looking for quick result to soon...
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    Test frame times.

    Quick question on test frame times ,should they be building QC almost imediately after the frames been put in or does it take a couple of days .
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    Queen outside hive dead ?

    Today one of my hives ,thought they were swarming but found my marked clipped queen outside dead,and quickly the bees calmed down and flew back into the hive ,looked at them last week and was very pleased with this queen as there was lots of brood in all stages ,i,m thinking they have superceded...
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    Bees on Laurel trees.

    At my home apiary the bees seem to be licking the underside of the leaves ,trees have fruits on them ,not ripe but i can,t see what they are after on the leaves ,they have been at this for a couple of weeks now any ideas ?
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    Swarms

    Caught 2 swarms today at home ,boxed them and all seems well ,when swarms were hanging ,found young queen caught her ,she was to the side of the ball of bees ,was going to put her in nuc but she fllew from my hand ,went bacck to catch swarm and the queen was there again to the side of ballof...
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    Does Finman sleep?

    Wishin i knew how he does it ,so much time for responses, sleeping must be for wimps .Respect finman respect.
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    Does Finman sleep?

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    Apiguard use.

    Treating all my colonies this week ,eke,s on top of brood box 44x18mm is this suitable ?crown boards on top then my roofs ,question is this do i put apiguard foil pulled back and upturned ontop of frames or just remove foil and place rightway up and let bees crawl up and take down as needed ...
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    Foundation ?

    Whats the difference in foundation terms ,between Jumbo and ordinary apart from the obvious please .Just reading about jumbo national and never realised there was different sized national hives ..........puzzled,i am ready to be enlightened . Regards Eric :cheers2:
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    Marking Queens.

    What do people prefer to use when marking queens ,does the smell cause any problems when returning the Queen ? Eric
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    Why so Aggressive suddenly?

    My hives have become really aggressive over the last week ,they have been easy so far to look after ,a gentle smoke and no real problem to examine at all ,they are bringing in a good amount of heather juice at the moment as i can smell in the evening time at the hives ,would the change to the...
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    Pollen question .

    Was watching my hives today and noticed pollen colour had changed from ,orange -dandelion ,yellow -gorse,yellow again but a darker shade of ,today the pollen looked a greeny grey type any suggestions?where could i look at a chart or buy ,any online suggestions to view the colours . Rowan has...
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    Swarm last week ........cell cups today ?

    A question for the wise ones on here ,had a look at the hive today that a swarm that arrived last week and they seem to be building cell cups on 4 frames in the brood box they have a super that they are filling well and an extra super with foundation on top they still have plenty of room in the...
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    Honey flows

    What plants and trees would be in flow at this time of year ,am interested to find out to see what mix of plants they are working at the moment seems to be a good flow around me as all the hives are working and storing in the supers ,looking for some pointers from all. Regards Ericnot worthy
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    Swarm Question ?

    Morning This is to do with the post i made the other morning checked the hived swarm last night ,they have filled a super almost ,i have added another .The bees are covering all the brood box frames and are starting to pack pollen and nectar here ,this is a large swarm ,i was not expecting to...
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    Queen in hive ,Swarm takeover yesterday.

    Hello n goodmorning I shall give details of what i noticed before the swarm arrival yesterday. On the two days previous i noticed that the hive in question had a small queen no eggs or brood stores n a little quantity of pollen i assumed she had stopped laying,found a QCon 1 of the frames...
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    moving 5frame to full box

    Evening all Going to move a congested 5 frame nuc in the morning to a full brood box any good advice on best ways ,should i fill up with foundation or add a number at a time and use dummy board Regards Eric .
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    Clean wax.

    Have melted a fair bit of wax from my solar extractor around a pound n a half some is what i regard clean but some blocks have little bits of old cells ,i re-heat in my little double boiler ,this gives me the good top clean wax what is a good way to filter for cleaning the rest up?This was not...
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    Roof Covering ,metal.

    Have some hive roofs that need new covers ,whats the metal sheeting used on roofs of hives and nucs and stockists please.
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