Search results

Hi all, I am looking to get a Professional food scale to wait the Honey in jars and Buckets, which would be accepted, Food and Trading, when they would come to check. Means it must be a professional level and must have the right stickers on it. Where would you buy such a scale? I would like one...

Today I inspected the Hives and spotted an unmarked Queen. I got my Queen Catcher and when I looked again on the Frame, the Queen now had a bright yellow mark on her back. Before I started to question my mind, I saw a second Queen passing by on that frame and I have to admit in the few years I...

Hi All, I am thinking of doing the Module 1 at some point. I have looked at some past Exam Paper and Study Notes. Section C of these Papers seems to be the most difficult section and they advice about 50min for that part. I now wonder, are there any recourses out there were I could actually see...

Ok, after asking about peas in the other post, I am now wondering if anyone got experience with Corn Gromwell (Buglossoides arvensis). We have got 2 Hives on that, but to be honest we have never heard from that plant before. The flowers are tiny and when you look at them you think no way they...

Hi all, A farmer has just asked us if we want to place some Bees on his field of peas. Is it correct that we would have no harvest from that field because peas do not produce enough nectar or would we get honey from it? I would not want to do all the effort without any outcome of it at the end...

Good Morning Everybody, I have a bit of a strange question. I have 2 types of Supers with Runners, meaning 12 SN Frames and Castellated for 9 SN Frames. We want to move them to OSR this weekend. Which Supers should I use? My thought: with 12 Frames, do they granulated quicker so I should prefer...

Hi all, I have a quick question and I am sure I will get some bad responses as well for asking the question at this time of the year, but I will still dare to ask. I have a nuc which had a Queen hatched very late this year. If I remember right, it was some time in September. I spoke to a few...

Hi All, This year I will have a bit more Honey to harvest than in all the previous years. I am now wondering what sort of equipment everybody uses. In the past I used a Uncapping Fork and all I had was a Stainless Steel Tray for the Capping’s. I then placed the tray in the garden for the bees to...

We have collected a swarm some weeks ago. The person had only 2 Hives and already 2 swarms, so it could have been a Cast Swarm. Anyway, we saw the Queen in front of the Hive before they walked in, but since then we have never seen her again. I am not 100% sure but I think it was about 2 weeks...

Hi everybody, Just looking at the big T's catalogue and reading about castellated spacers, that their first Nationals have slots to accommodate spacers, so you do not have to nail them on, instead you can slot them in. I really like that idea. I have still got lots of Flat Packed Supers and was...

Hi everybody, We have moved a few Hives onto a Rapeseed Field last weekend. The Hives are all rather weak and the stores in the Brood Box low. We hope that the Bees will grow quicker on the field and hopefully we will also harvest some Honey. Last year we did not realise that we had Rape Seed...

Hi, I am just looking to buy a Poly Nuc for a small colony to have a better chance to overwinter. I found the Sale Offer for a Poly Nuc+ Jumbo Eke. I have never seen them and also found that they sell a "Spare Crownboard for Poly Nuc Hive". Reading about the Poly Nuc, they don't mention that it...

Hi, I have checked our Nuc yesterday and found a nice shaped QC. I would guess it will be capped in 1 or 2 days, maybe even today. I could not see a Queen, so I have to assume that the Queen is gone or dead. We do have huge problems with wasp, so she might have been killed by them. I have now...

Hi all... We have set up a small bait hive, just in case a homeless swarm is passing by. Since Monday we now have got between 10-20 bees going in and out, sitting at the entrance or indoors, others coming and flying off again. We had some small cotton in the hive with swarm lure, they pulled...

Hi All, quick question, we have been offered pink fondant, could this be harmful for the bees or does it make no difference?

Hi, I have just been looking around for different Food Type and found Pollen and Queen Food. I can understand the use of Pollen, but what is the Queen Food for? I want to try out a Mating Hive next year, would I use it in there or just use it when I introduce a queen and put some of it in her...

Hi, we have build our own wooden feeder, but are now wondering, what paint can be used to seal the feeder from inside. We obviously don't want to poison the girls, can anyone recommend what paint can be used for the inside of the feerder? As mentioned it's made out of wood and now needs to be...

Hi, As a beekeeper in our first year, we are now looking into what is needed for the winter, to bring our colonies through. I have tried to read as much as I can about winter preparation, but I am wondering if there is anything like a rule that you can say, if you live f.e in SE England, than...

I have a quick question about one of the hives, where I am not sure if I have a problem or not. The Hive swarmed (we had 5 QC, so probably multiple times), but managed to keep lots of bees for the whole time. The last capped QC was seen on the 07-07, which was than open when we checked on the...

Hi, I have another beginners question and hope for some help from you guys. If you have multiple hives and some colonies are very strong with a full super on and some others rather weak, could you take some super frames out from the strong one and swap it with some empty ones from the weak...