Any beekeepers in the Liverpool area it will be in your interest to get in touch with Homebargains head office they are willing to keep split bags of sugar for beekeepers.I`ve been trying to get local shops to keep them for me only to be told they can only do it at there head office warehouse ...
We went into the winter with 5 hives and a nuc we made up ourself`s & all have survived ,this being our first year we are really chuffed with ourself`s .
Got the chance to put a nuc into a hive today,can you tell me did i do right keeping all the frames from the nuc together & putting the new ones ether side of them ?
Newbie hear again,we have some wet frames from last year ,just been thinking should i have marked them so i would know which hive they came out of ? or will they be ok to go in any hive ?
Many thanks for being there it`s a great help .
My instincts were right then so pleased about that i can now tell hubby i told you so lol I`ll get a larger container as well for when i they need more fondant (i`ll check next weekend ) you were right it`s a Chinese food container, just one more question i`m not sure what OSR means .Thanks for...
It`s just a plastic tub i put the fondant in which is now empty of fondant and full of bee`s,didn`t go in the hive to see if there`s any bee`s on the frames but i did put more fondant over the other escape .
Newbie hear i need a bit of help please, we`ve just been down to my bee`s & in one hive the cluster is up in the feeder which was full of fondant last week & now is empty
we`ve put more fondant over the other escape is there anything else i should have done ?Hubby wanted to smoke them down but...
I have a super i was hoping to take off today so i can start treating for Varoa but it`s still not capped and huney came out when i shock it so left it on.Whats the latest i can start to treat or is it down to the weather so a hard question to answer ?
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Yes we inspect every week ,on the last inspection it had 6 frames of brood,no it`s not facing the evening sun but it is warm hear the tem in the car on the way back said 24.